Seafood Expo Global

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Barcelona, Spain

23-25 APRIL 2024

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.


Published on
May 19, 2023

Turkey’s trout production will zoom past 60,000 metric tons in 2023, and Trabzon, Turkey-based Polifish will account for 13 percent of that amount.

At the 2023 Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, Spain, Polifish General Manager Tayfun Denizer said the company will hit 8,000 metric tons of production this year thanks to advances in aquaculture best practices and support from the Turkish government.

“Turkey is making big moves. Now, the

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Published on
May 18, 2023

Cold chain transportation was a central theme of discussions hosted by Maersk at the 2023 Seafood Expo Global, which ran from 25 to 27 April, in Barcelona, Spain.

The shipping company, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, said its customers were looking for more help with logistics, Maersk said in a press release.

“There are some things we need to tackle in the logistic world," Maersk Sales Manager Borja Pelayo said. "Our assets,

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May 16, 2023

The Bean family name is nearly as synonymous with the U.S. state of Maine as lobster.

In 2007, Linda Bean – the granddaughter of the founder of the L.L. Bean company – splashed into the lobster business, spending several million dollars to buy and upgrade four wharves and a processing plant along the Maine coast. Bean bet on the idea that she could make her own name brand for lobster as iconic as the Perdue name is to chicken.

By

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May 16, 2023

At its Seafood Futures Forum on 25 April at the 2023 Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, Spain, Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) executive said they will continue for more fisheries certificaiton and wider acceptance and uptake of sustainable seafood.

The event featured MSC Chief Executive Rupert Howes, MSC Chief Program Officer Nicolas Guichoux, and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Fisheries and Aquaculture Division Director

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May 12, 2023

At the 2023 Seafood Expo Global America/Seafood Processing Global– which ran from 25 to 27 April in Barcelona, Spain – SeafoodSource joined forces with Emily De Sousa, the CEO of the digital educational platform Seaside with Emily, who joined SeafoodSource again as the official SEG social media correspondent, after serving in the same role for Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America.

De Sousa promotes sustainable

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May 12, 2023

Unima Distribution, a provider of Madagascar shrimp to foodservice businesses, managed to take home two separate Seafood Excellence Global awards with its Organic Body-Peeled Madagascar Shrimp.

Unima won a special distinction for convenience and the Best Hotel/Restaurant/Catering (HORECA) Product at the awards, which were presented at Seafood Expo Global on 25 April in Barcelona, Spain.

Unima Chairman and CEO Amyne Ismail said the Europe-focused

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May 11, 2023

International sustainability certification standard GlobalG.A.P. is one year away from the 20th anniversary of the release of its first aquaculture standard.

GlobalG.A.P.’s new aquaculture standard, its sixth version, was released in 2022 and came with several new forward-thinking ideas on applying the certification to aquaculture and feed. During a press conference at Seafood Expo Global – which took place from 25 to 27 April

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May 10, 2023

A study of seafood consumers by La Asociación de Fabricantes y Distribuidores (AECOC) – a Spanish association with thousands of member companies across multiple sectors, including seafood – has revealed the ongoing challenges the sector faces in the face of inflation. The study also offers suggestions on how seafood can be better marketed to consumers.

Part of the study's findings were presented at Seafood Expo Global, which

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May 10, 2023

A free trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom will soon enter into force, and Australia’s seafood industry anticipates the agreement will create new opportunities and sales.

The U.K.-Australia free trade agreement was signed in December 2021, six months after an “agreement in principle” was established. The agreement was the first major post-Brexit trade deal negotiated by the U.K., and after a lengthy

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May 9, 2023

You can trust Japanese buyers to know where to find the best bluefin tuna, according to Isaac Hermo, the commercial director for Grupo Ricardo Fuentes.

Based in the Mediterranean port city of Cartagena, Spain, the company was founded in 1984 as a local fish purveyor. Soon after it was founded, Japanese buyers began inquiring about the company’s bluefin tuna catch.

“They said, ‘You can salt your loins but we want to buy your

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