Madelyn Kearns is the Portland, Maine-based editor of SeafoodSource. Before diving into seafood writing, editing, and infographic-designing, she was the associate editor for an online publication geared toward small to mid-sized practice physicians, Medical Practice Insider. Maddie is a graduate of the University of Maine, where she served as a columnist and the opinion editor for the university's paper, The Maine Campus, and won a Grady Award in Creative Writing for her poetry.
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“I have to say, it’s a weird time to be giving a global macroeconomics overview, just because things are changing so much,” Kroll Institute Global Chief Economist Megan Greene said during her keynote address at Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America in 2022.
That constant churn of change remains one year later as Greene returns to Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. to convene with the seafood community for her
… Read MoreThose in search of the seafood industry’s latest and greatest products, equipment, and software need look no further than the 2023 Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America.
Each year, the leading industry event for the North American seafood marketplace brings the sector’s top creative minds together under one vast roof to share their inventions, and 2023 is no exception. Here is a sampling of this year’s
… Read MoreEconomic obstacles related to record-high inflation, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the lingering COVID-19 pandemic have left seafood suppliers, retailers, and foodservice operators contending with labor shortages and a myriad of other supply-chain hurdles. Consumers, too, are feeling the pressure as they continue to grapple with rising food and energy prices.
All told, Americans’ seafood purchasing habits have been undeniably
… Read MoreConsumption of seafood per capita among American consumers sunk slightly in 2020 compared to 2019, due in large part to the disruptions wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI) recently-released top 10 list.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) latest Fisheries of the United States report – which NFI uses to compose its routine top species breakdown –
… Read MoreSeafood industry professionals from around the world are arriving in Barcelona, Spain this week for the 28th edition of Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global, ready to reconnect face-to-face after more than two years apart.
Formerly hosted in Brussels, Belgium, the expo comes to its new home in Barcelona with the same mission it’s always had: to provide “unparalleled access to the most expansive offering of every type of
… Read MoreAtlantic Sea Farms CEO Briana Warner is a believer in the direct, cyclical relationship between diversity and innovation.
“I think some of the people who are innovating and doing innovative stuff, you’re going to see new people come into [the industry] because it goes back to a circular thing – if we get more diversity in the industry, they’re going to be coming up with more-diverse ideas that break out of the mold, and
… Read MoreSince the early part of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused massive global economic upheaval, and continued disruption is certain for the seafood industry in 2022 as a result of rampant inflation and an accretion of supply-chain challenges.
In her keynote address at Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America, Megan Greene, a senior fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business at the Harvard Kennedy School, will examine
… Read MoreBusinesses across industries are approaching their diversity and inclusion (D&I) policies with heightened intentionality in 2022, according to Tony Byers, who has spent more than two decades studying the importance of such initiatives for the U.S. corporate sector.
Author of the book, “The Multiplier Effect of Inclusion: How Diversity and Inclusion Advances Innovation and Drives Growth,” and the former director of global
… Read MoreConsumption trends have been ebbing and flowing throughout the course of the COVID-19 pandemic thus far, benefitting seafood across categories in significant ways …
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… Read MoreA gap exists between what is true about a given seafood product and what consumers tend to know about it, according to Peter Handy, the president and CEO of Portland, Maine, U.S.A.-based company Bristol Seafood.
Bridging that expanse, Handy said, depends a lot on marketing, which has seen its role within the seafood industry transform in recent years as more consumers commit to brands with compelling stories to tell.
“[Marketing] is an
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