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.
The Mediterranean Restorative Aquaculture Centre is scheduled to open by the end of 2024 in La Rapita, Catalonia, Spain.
Those working at the center will research the farming of macroalgae, sea urchins, bivalves, and holothurians, as well as the optimization of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture systems as a means of encouraging the restoration of the Mediterranean and Black seas, thereby promoting sustainable economic development.
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Seville, Spain-based crayfish wholesaler and producer Alfocan has kept its focus squarely on the small crustacean since 1987, and has risen to become the country's top producer.
Each year, Alfocan farms over 4,800 metric tons (MT) of crayfish, and established a second production plant in Egypt in 2017.
Alfocan General Manager Nicolas Roux told SeafoodSource during the 2024 Seafood Expo Global, which ran from 23 to 25 April in Barcelona, Spain,
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Founded in 1994, Vigo, Spain-based seafood company Mascato has grown from a small family business to a multi-national specialist in multiple types of seafood, employing more than 1,500 people in multiple countries.
From the beginning, Mascato has worked to have control of its full supply chain, attributing this as a key element of its success, Mascato Quality and New Products Director Josune Larrañaga told SeafoodSource.
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Formerly focused on breeding and growing scallops, Chinese seafood firm Zoneco is now focused on attracting processing and sourcing work for Western clients.
Zoneco has struggled with profitability since large-scale mortalities occurred in its scallop beds in 2014, 2017, and 2019 due to high water temperatures. It subsequently faced a string of legal cases brought by investors, the loss of its Marine Stewardship Council certification, and the
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Nordic Aquafarms is seeing success with its pivot to yellowtail kingfish, as it nears steady-state production between its farms recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facilities in Denmark and Norway.
The company, established in 2015, originally intended to farm salmon in a Norwegian RAS facility, Nordic Aquafarms CEO Bernt Olav Røttingsnes told SeafoodSource during Seafood Expo Global – which ran from 23 to 25 April in Barcelona,
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Attendance estimates for the 2024 Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global show that this year's expo brought together more than 35,000 seafood professionals through its three-day run in Barcelona, Spain, marking a record total for the event.
This year’s event, which ran from 23 to 25 April, occupied 51,248 net square meters – an increase of 4 percent over the 2023 show, according to event organizer Diversified
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One of the biggest challenges to delivering a seafood product that inspires consumer confidence, according to many NGOs, is oversight and monitoring on the water. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is working with large-scale fishers to achieve just that, aiming to increase on-the-water monitoring in the world’s industrial fleets. TNC is a science-based, non-advocacy global conservation organization that works closely with businesses and
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