Video Competition

2020

Women in Seafood:

Awareness is the beginning of action

The Objective of the Competition:

One seafood worker in two is a woman. They are essential contributors to the industry but remain invisible. In compliance with its objective to raise awareness on the contribution of women in the seafood industry and to promote young female professionals, the International Association for Women in the Seafood Industry (WSI) launches the second edition of the “women in seafood” video competition, with the technical support of MATIS, Iceland and the sponsoring of the French Development Agency (AFD).

Share with us in a short films (less than 4mn) what you have observed or experienced as a woman involved in the seafood industry.

Who can submit a video?

Every one. You are a man, a woman, a group, an institution: share with us your short film displaying women working in the industry.

Seafood Segments

By seafood industry we consider the industry as a whole, with onboard and onshore fishing, fish, shrimps and shell farming, all sorts of processing, local selling and international trading, quality managing, certification monitoring, teaching, learning and all other related services.

Authorisation

The videos’ authors give authorisation to the organisers and sponsors of the contest to display the videos on their website and on any other specialised (seafood related) media and to use pictures or abstract for any usage then will find suitable.

You may submit your video in one of the two categories by sending to and :

Selection Criteria

Videos will be judged based on the clearness and effectiveness at documenting the participation of women in one or the other of seafood segments.

Prize

Three videos will be selected by an international jury and will receive a cash reward. The top winner will receive 1,000 euros. The second and third ones 500 euros each.

Videos in both categories will have subtitles in English.

Timeline

November 1st

Start date.

July 2nd

End date.

September

Jury selection and announcement of the winners.