Seafood Expo Global

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

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

Commercial fishing isn’t always considered a high-tech industry. 

As one of humanity’s oldest professions, fishing is sometimes unfairly maligned as being old-fashioned or relying on outdated technology. However, nothing could be further from the truth. 

Quietly, the commercial fishing and aquaculture sectors are incorporating advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) to transform their understanding of the

Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A.-based fishing company Tri Marine Group has received the BRCGS Agents and Brokers certification, which is awarded to companies that ensure their supply chains adhere to rigorous food safety standards.

Luciano Pirovano, the global sustainable development director at Bolton Food, an Italian multinational consumer food product manufacturer and the owner of Tri Marine, accepted the credential on behalf of the company

The CEO of Turkish seafood company Murfish recently launched an additional company with the aim of broadening the seafood options available in Turkey.

Muradiye Kiyak recently founded Kiyak Su Urunleri, a Turkish importing business that focuses on purchasing seafood both domestically and abroad, aiming to ensure the country benefits from the diverse array of domestic and global seafood.

“For Kiyak Su Urunleri, I buy from all parts of

Asmak Muscat International has doubled its sales since it was founded in 2018 and is planning to open a second processing facility in Dukm, Oman.

The Muscat, Oman-based firm processes horse mackerel, chub mackerel, Indian mackerel, yellowtail scad, sardine, skipjack tuna, croaker, and grey mullet, as well as other species found in local Omani waters at its facility in Jalan. It ships frozen products throughout the Middle East, Africa, and South

Larkhall, Scotland-based MacNeil Shellfish is debuting new cooked and processed products at the 2024 edition of Seafood Expo Global – running from 23 to 25 April in Barcelona, Spain – as part of its push to expand in the European market.

The company, launched in 2012, specializes in live shellfish products sourced in Scotland. The company ships live brown crab, langoustine, blue lobster, velvet crab, spider crab, crayfish, and more

Karkkila, Finland-based food technology company Hailia is seeking to expand from a focus on pelagic fish byproducts to a variety of new species, including farm-raised salmon, using its award-winning technology.

The company, founded in 2021, has developed an innovative system to redirect fish-processing byproducts toward value-added use, utilizing leftover fish chunks, strips, bites, and trimmings into valuable protein and turning them into a

Zurich, Switzerland-based tilapia producer Regal Springs celebrated its first time exhibiting at Seafood Expo Global by launching Natural Additions brand of byproducts.

“Many of you will ask, ‘What are the Natural Additions?’ In the good old days, we called those byproducts,” Regal Springs CEO Alois Hofbauer said at the launch event on 23 April at the 2024 Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, Spain.

The product range