Seafood Expo North America

Businesses 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

National Fisheries Institute (NFI) President John Connelly recently confirmed he will retire in February 2023, the date of his 20-year anniversary at NFI.

Connelly helped to build NFI into the leading U.S. seafood industry trade group. He told SeafoodSource in January he believes next year will be the right time for him to step away.

“As many as 10 years ago, I began developing ideas of what was important in developing my succession plan.

Since 1994, the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF) has celebrated innovative value-added products made from Alaska seafood through its Alaska Symphony of Seafood Awards. After going on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition has returned for the 2021-2022 season – with some additional flair.

Several newly-minted awards accompany the prizes for the classic categories of Retail, Foodservice, Beyond the Plate –

Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India-based surimi producer Gadré is planning a series of cooking demonstrations at the 2022 Seafood Expo North America, running 13 to 15 March in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Andy Matsuda, the founder of the Sushi Chef Institute in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., will perform five live demonstrations of sushi dishes using ingredients produced by Gadré, the world’s third-largest surimi products

We look forward to reconnecting face-to-face with those of you attending the 40th edition of Seafood Expo North America / Seafood Processing North America in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. next week. We are excited to host you once again in Boston, after two years of the pandemic, and we thank you for your support. The 2022 edition will feature more than 830 exhibiting companies from 50 countries conducting business over 180,000 square-feet of

Trident Seafoods and Linde have both sent announcements reiterating the companies will be attending Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America.

The two companies sent information to customers announcing that each would be present at the expo, which is running from Sunday, 13 March through Tuesday, 15 March, 2022, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

Linde said it will be showcasing its

Diversified Communications, the organizer of the 2022 Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America, will no longer require attendees to wear masks to protect against the spread of COVID-19.

The city of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. – the host venue for the expo – will drop its indoor mask mandate beginning Saturday, 5 March, though masks will still be required on public transportation and in health care

The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability is preparing for the next steps of the organization as it readies for a period of transition and growth under the direction of its new executive director, Greg Brown.

Brown took the role in January 2022, and is serving as GDST’s inaugural executive director. He has joined the organization at a time when a growing chorus of companies are pushing for greater traceability in the seafood

Sinaloa, Mexico-based Del Pacifico Seafoods, which specializes in wild-caught Mexican shrimp, is launching a line of responsibly farmed shrimp and oysters at Seafood Expo North America, taking place in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., from 13 to 15 March, 2022.

Del Pacifico is expanding into aquaculture because “since starting the company in 2014, we have seen year-over-year demand for our shrimp across retail and foodservice,” Del

Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada-based Sunwell Technologies has decided to rebrand as Deepchill Technologies, taking the name from its cooling and preservation technology.

Deepchill is a cooling system that was designed by Sunwell that uses slurry ice technology to “provide fast, uniform, and long-lasting cooling” for companies that need cold-chain logistics. The technology, according to the company, delivers faster cooling with lower