Seafood Expo Global / Seafood Processing Global

The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, a Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.-based nonprofit aiming to expand the world’s access to responsibly sourced seafood, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based traceability software firm Seafood Souq. The MoU serves as a commitment in which the two firms have promised to work together to help seafood supply chain actors better identify harvest sources and understand… Read More

The latest edition of Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global marked the 20th year that Turkey had a national pavilion for the country’s seafood exporters. A lot has changed since it first hosted the pavilion, Istanbul Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters Association Vice President Ogulcan Kamal told SeafoodSource during the event, which ran from 21 to 23 April in Barcelona, Spain. The pavilion at this year's show hosted 16 different… Read More

The E.U.’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) – human rights violation reporting legislation targeting corporate sustainability due diligence – was introduced in July 2024, but the rollout was delayed and it has yet to come into force.  Still, experts warn that the CSDDD regulations are coming, and importers need to eliminate any forced labor from their supply chains or risk having their products pulled from the E.U.… Read More

Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global closed its 32nd edition with over 35,500 attendees, the highest in the event’s history. The event covered over 52,980 net square meters of exhibit space containing 2,290 exhibiting companies from 85 countries from 21 to 23 April. Held at the Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via venue, the event spanned halls 1 through 5, including the Galleria space between halls 4 and 5, and generated an estimated… Read More

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has been researching and exploring how utilizing invasive species in products can help lessen environmental disruption, particularly in instances where eradication is not possible. At Seafood Expo Global, taking place 21 to 23 April in Barcelona, Spain, panelists from the U.S. division of WWF, Berkshire, United Kingdom-based pet food producer Mars, and Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.-based leather product creator Inversa… Read More

Danish seafood-processing equipment company Carsoe announced a strategic partnership with Industrikulde days after unveiling its new heading and gutting machine at Seafood Processing Global (SPG). Carsoe Marketing Manager Julie Drustrup told SeafoodSource during the expo – which runs from 21 to 23 April in Barcelona, Spain – that the new machine has already generated a lot of interest in processing companies looking for a new solution.… Read More

The Danish Pelagic Producers Organization (DPPO) set a goal in 2019 of achieving net-zero carbon emissions across its members’ vessels by 2040 through such innovations as intelligent trawl doors, implementing more electrical capabilities in ports, and more. According to Esben Sverdrup-Jensen, the CEO of the Danish Pelagic Producers Organization (DPPO), an industry representative group with a member base that catches 10 percent of the E.U.’s… Read More

Zeeland, Netherlands-based The Kingfish Company is continuing to hone in its yellowtail recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) as it works to become a major producer in its second decade as a company. Kingfish has been continuously developing a land-based yellowtail RAS, beginning with an initial Phase 1A module that produced 500 metric tons (MT), gradually building that up to its current maximum capacity of 3,500 MT. Kingfish Commercial… Read More

Representatives of Alaska’s commercial fishing sector claim the European Union’s new digital CATCH requirements – intended to enhance traceability and cut down on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing – will be disastrous for the state’s salmon sector. “It should be disappointing to everyone that this has gotten to where it is. The U.S. and E.U. should be the model for how to do these things right,” National Fisheries… Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to restructure global trade – and his inability to do so cleanly and consistently – has created uncertainty in the seafood sector and hurt trade between the U.S. and the E.U., according to seafood industry stakeholders speaking at a panel at the 2026 Seafood Expo Global (SEG). “No matter what you think of the policy overall, the up and down nature of it and the uncertainty that that generates is… Read More