Seafood Expo Global / Seafood Processing Global
Barcelona, Spain
21-23 April, 2026
The Global Seafood Marketplace
Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global is the largest seafood event on the planet, serving industry professionals and buyers from all corners of the supply chain and world. If you purchase seafood for your business, you simply cannot afford to miss this event.
Learn more about the upcoming edition by visiting the event website.
Goolwa Pipico is working to make inroads for its Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified clams in Europe after refining its processing to deliver an improved product.
Goolwa Pipico harvests its product, called Kuti or pipi, on the coast of South Adelaide, Australia. Harvesters fish for the small clams on a 70-kilometer surf beach, where groups of two to four people rake at the sand using a net and their feet to collect the product with
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Columbia University Professor and respected economist Xavier Sala-i-Martin predicts the global economy is poised for a big shift as artificial intelligence (AI) plays a transformative role in how companies function.
Sala-i-Martin – the developer of the Global Competitiveness Index – delivered the keynote address during Seafood Expo Global, which ran from 6 to 8 May in Barcelona, Spain. Focusing on the uncertain economic climate
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Geneva, Switzerland-headquartered global logistics firm Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is using new technology to tackle the global seafood sector’s unique shipping challenges via a highly agile approach to cold chain logistics.
Serving a sector that is affected by challenges ranging from weather to geopolitics, MSC’s approach is to be extremely prepared for changes big and small.
To address these challenges, MSC has launched
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Sustainability is an increasingly important factor for consumers considering whether to buy seafood – especially among young people.
“We found in our research that price and convenience remain the main motivation to buy seafood, and sustainability cannot lead them to switch to a less favored species. But, it remains important, and it’s something that grew up in the following generation because we have differences between
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U.K. shellfish farmers facing a complex maze of regulations could greatly benefit from a nationwide aquaculture planning strategy, Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB) CEO David Jarrad said.
Despite shellfish farmers producing around 30,000 metric tons (MT) of seafood worth approximately GBP 38 million (USD 50.8 million, EUR 44.7 million) in value annually, Jarrad said that the sector is often overlooked in policy decision-making.
This,
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Australia-based Abrolhos Octopus has launched multiple Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified octopus products during Seafood Expo Global, running from 6 to 8 May in Barcelona, Spain.
The company, which sells Western Rock Octopus caught off the western cost of Australia, has launched a new 1-kilogram bag of cooked octopus tentacles designed for foodservice, a 300-gram cooked tentacle product for retail, and a 180-milliliter jar of its
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Ocean Perfect CEO Andrew Lively said it has dialed in its method of shipping live shellfish inside a 40-foot shipping container, and has partnered with European logistics firm Delanchy, a major player in transport and logistics of fresh produce, to show off the new technology during Seafood Expo Global.
Ocean Perfect has designed a 40ft shipping container which hosts a system that will keep a range of different shellfish – including
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