The North Jersey Aquarium Society (NJAS) Breeders Award Program is established with several goals in mind. They are as follows:

1. To recognize the achievements of NJAS breeders.

2. To promote NJAS member involvement in breeding fishes and other aquatic organisms.

3. To gather and disseminate information on breeding.

4. To make fish available to NJAS members.

5. To improve availability of selected species from time to time by providing incentives to members.

The program has two basic divisions, the Basic program and the Specialty program. The basic program has six recognized levels (Breeder, Advanced Breeder, Expert Breeder, Master Breeder and the Rosario LaCorte Award and the Dean Majorino Award). Fish are classified as to degree of difficulty by point value. The Specialty program is based upon the number of species bred and the number of spawns within a category. There are sixteen categories within the Specialty program. These are: Anabantids; Cichlids; (old world); Cichlids (new world); Characins; Catfish; Livebearers; Cyprinidids; Goldfish and Koi; Killifish; Marine; North American Natives; Botias, Eels and Loaches; Invertebrates; Odd Balls; Rainbow Fish; and Amphibians.