EAS has two awards that it makes to outstanding individuals in the European Aquaculture sector.
Honorary Life Membership of EAS is an award given to someone that has made a significant impact on the development of European aquaculture.
The EAS award for Distinguished Services is destined for individuals that have devoted very significant effort and time to the development of EAS and its objectives.
EAS Honorary Life Members
- G. Ravagnan (Italy, since 1981)
- E. Monten (Sweden, since 1987 †)
- Bernard Chevassus-au-Louis (France, since 1989)
- Eric Edwards (UK, since 1991)
- Peter Hjul (UK, since 1993 †)
- Trygve Gjedrem (Norway, since 1995)
- Jean Bally (Martinique, since 1997)
- Colin Nash (USA, since 2000)
- Courtney Hough (UK and Belgium, since 2010)
- Pascal Divanach (Greece, since 2011 †)
- Patrick Sorgeloos (Belgium, since 2012)
- Michael New (UK, since 2014)
- Sachi Kaushik (France, since 2017)
- Stefano Cataudella (Italy, since 2022)
- László Varadi (Hungary, since 2023)
- Bjørn Myrseth (Norway, since 2024)
- Javier Ojeda (Spain, since 2025)
EAS Award for distinguished services
- Guido Persoone (Belgium)
- Niels De Pauw (Belgium)
- Yves Harache (France)
- Selina Stead (UK)
- Margriet Drouillon (Belgium)
- Gavin Burnell (Ireland)
- Mariana Ferreira (Portugal)