Seafood Expo North America 2017

Two squid Supply Chain Roundtables (SRs) involving more than 20 squid fisheries worldwide are banding together, the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) announced.

The merging of the squid SRs will help “to pave the way toward a more sustainable global squid industry,” according to the parties involved. The SRs, which cover squid production in Southeast Asia and South America, were joined together following fruitful discussions this past

A group of hockey players from throughout the seafood industry put business on ice on Monday, 20 March and laced up the skates for a good cause.

For the 24th consecutive year, the Gorton Cup was contested at Harvard University’s Bright-Landry Hockey Center during Seafood Expo North America – which was known as the Boston Seafood Show when the contest was created by seafood industry icons Bill Gorton and Neal Workman.

The game

Buyers currently facing higher wild Alaskan salmon prices are also concerned about new 2017 salmon projections.

“There is very little [frozen inventory] left. We are all anxiously awaiting for the new season,” said Steven N. Chartier, vice president of sales and marketing for Peter Pan Seafoods in Seattle, Washington, at the 2017 Seafood Expo North America in Boston, Massachusetts. The company is one of the leading canners of pink

Even though the Chilean salmon industry’s volume fell in 2016, its value increased, said Alejandro Buvinic, director of ProChile, at the ProChile / Patagonia Mussel event at the 2017 Seafood Expo North America in Boston, Massachusetts.

“We have too many natural disasters, from earthquakes to tsunamis. The important thing is that we are resilient,” Buvinic said.

While there was a 10 percent drop in volume of Chilean salmon exports in

Executives with Boston, Massachusetts-based importer and distributor Aquanor Marketing feel great about exhibiting at Seafood Expo North America, taking place 19 to 21 March in Boston, Massachusetts, especially now that the labor strike by Icelandic fishermen is over.

“Aquanor is one of the largest importers of fresh fish from Iceland and therefore our business was negatively impacted by the strike,” Eric Kaiser, president of Aquanor

The International Trade Commission should maintain anti-dumping duties on farmed shrimp from five countries, U.S. wild shrimp suppliers and processors told the ITC last week.

At hearings in Washington, D.C., members of the American Shrimp Processors Association and others said that the anti-dumping orders on shrimp from Brazil, India, China, Thailand and Vietnam should remain in place due to the harmful impact increased farmed shrimp imports

Harvard University students are eating more underutilized species via a partnership with a company that aggregates seafood from local boats.

Boston, Massachusetts-based Red’s Best aggregates seafood from around 1,000 community-based boats, via web-based technology and a high-tech traceability system.

Boats update their catch daily with a URL, which has all the information on the species, catch method and boat, and then buyers can scan a QR

The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) teamed up with China e-commerce giant JD.com at Seafood Expo North America / Seafood Processing North America (SENA) this week in an effort to encourage the sale of responsibly farmed seafood among Chinese digital consumers.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by GAA’s Best Aquaculture Practice’s division and JD.com’s perishable foods division, JD Fresh Food. The partnership will work to

Brooklyn, New York-based company Acme Smoked Fish Corp. is showcasing its new product at this year’s Seafood Expo North America / Seafood Processing North America event in Boston, Massachusetts – Blue Hill Bay Sashimi Style Smoked Salmon.

The product, which is on display as part of the SENA New Product Showcase, consists of sliced, premium medallions from salmon loins that have been lightly cured with salt and natural hardwood smoke.

Tropical Aquaculture Products has been hosting Chef Nicholas Calias (@ChefCalias) of Boston's Colonnade Hotel and Brasserie Jo, alongside Danielle Dorcil, during this year’s Seafood Expo North America / Seafood Processing North America, based out of Boston, Massachusetts.

2017 marks the company’s 21st year attending SENA. This year, it is focusing on its fresh product line, which features tilapia, organic salmon, shrimp and cod. Along with