Seafood Expo Global / Seafood Processing Global
Barcelona, Spain
6-8 MAY 2025
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.
Lithuania-based Vičiūnai Group and Finland-based Kalaneuvos Oy have been awarded with the top honors at the 2025 Seafood Excellence awards, which took place at Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, Spain, on 6 May.
Vičiūnai Group took home the Best Retail Prize for its Cold-Smoked Atlantic Salmon and Truffles.
“The award has a huge impact for Viciunai Group because everyone who comes to us will know that we have something to show,
Ocean Perfect CEO Andrew Lively said it has dialed in its method of shipping live shellfish inside a 40-foot shipping container, and has partnered with European logistics firm Delanchy, a major player in transport and logistics of fresh produce, to show off the new technology during Seafood Expo Global.
Ocean Perfect has designed a 40ft shipping container which hosts a system that will keep a range of different shellfish – including
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Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global opens the doors to its 31st edition on 6 May, bringing exhibitors from 87 countries to Barcelona, Spain.
The expo, running from 6 to 8 May at Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Vía Venue, will occupy 51,217 net square meters and features 2,187 exhibiting companies in Halls 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and the Galleria (between halls 4 and 5), according to event organizer Diversified [Editor’s note:
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Baar, Switzerland-headquartered multinational chemicals company Sika is planning to display its latest aquaculture sealant solutions at Seafood Expo Global, held 6 to 8 May in Barcelona, Spaind.
Sika specializes in chemical sealants and bonding for a wide array of industries, including the construction, agriculture, automotive, and industrial sectors. Its aquaculture sealing applications, the company said in a press release, are
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The United Kingdom-based industry group Seafood Ethics Action Alliance (SEAA), which aims to address issues of human rights in global seafood supply chains, will showcase a new study of migrant labor recruitment practices in global tuna processing at Seafood Expo Global 2025, held 5-8 May in Barcelona, Spain.
The study’s findings “highlight both the challenges in establishing enforceable labor standards in tuna processing
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Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global returns for its 31st edition in Barcelona, Spain next week, bringing the world’s seafood companies and stakeholders to the Mediterranean city for business, fun, and delicious dishes.
The expo – which opens on Tuesday, 6 May at Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via venue and runs through Thursday, 8 May – will cover over 51,000 net square meters of exhibition space and feature 63
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Reston, Virginia, U.S.A.-based International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA) will host a panel on global cooperation on 6 May at the 2025 Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global in Barcelona, Spain.
“Following our panel in Boston [at Seafood Expo North America], we wanted to bring our coalition to a global audience,” ICFA Chair and Vice President of the Spanish Confederation of Fisheries (CEPESCA) Ivan López
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The 31st edition of Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global has garnered exhibitors from 79 countries so far and is still growing, according to event organizer Diversified.
The event, taking place from 6 to 8 May at the Gran Via venue of the Fira de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain, is currently at 50,918 net square meters of exhibition space sold. According to Diversified, the trade event will feature 63 national and regional pavilions, a
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The World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Ocean Futures Project has revealed areas where climate-driven fish migration could cause political, social, and financial unrest, with the results surprising researchers working on the project.
The program, launched in November 2023, aimed to specifically identify areas that will experience maritime conflict or food insecurity due to climate-driven fisheries migration.
Areas researchers found are expected to
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Fishing for Patagonian toothfish, also known as Chilean sea bass, first started in the early 1990s in Australia and has since evolved into a consistent fishery product for the country.
Located off Heard Island – over 4,000 kilometers away from mainland Australia – the toothfish fishery, which has Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, targets the fish in underwater volcanic crevices that can be as deep as 2 kilometers below
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