Madelyn Kearns

The global seafood industry is charting a smoother sail in 2026 compared to last year, according to several economic and sector experts.

While geopolitical pressures served to redirect seafood trade flows last year, prompting buyers to reconfigure sourcing strategies, RaboResearch Seafood Analyst Novel Sharma noted in February 2026 that those tensions did not suppress demand – especially for several key farmed species.

“What was

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The tension in the room was palpable when macro-economist, geopolitical finance expert, and best-selling author Nomi Prins took to the keynote stage at Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America last year. A storm of tariffs, policy and regulatory hurdles, and high energy and food prices, among other challenges, loomed over the global seafood industry, who looked to Prins in March 2025 to put it all in perspective. To do that,… Read More

Amid uncertain times, global seafood consumption is being driven by the usual suspects – price, health and wellness, convenience, and sustainability.

In its recent “Top Seafood Consumer Trends 2025” report, the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) cited six forces shaping worldwide consumption: technological advancements, demographic shifts, environmental changes, economic shifts, geopolitical developments, and social evolution.

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Sushi mislabeling appears to be trending downward in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., according to recent findings from a decade-long Loyola Marymount University (LMU) study.

The study, which was published in the journal Food Control, found a 65 percent drop in mislabeling rates among restaurants participating in the Los Angeles Seafood Monitoring Project, with which LMU is a partner.

Additionally, LMU researchers recorded a 19 percent

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Mounting menu prices, fewer guests, and bankruptcy filings from some of the biggest names in U.S. foodservice have left restaurant operators in a tough spot heading into the rest of 2024. Research firm Technomic noted a 0.7 percent year-over-year decline in restaurant traffic as of January 2024.… Read More

Ask any seafood industry professional, stakeholder, or analyst about 2023, and they’re likely to groan.

“As much as it pains me to say this, 2023 was a year of headwinds and struggles for seafood, including fresh, frozen, and shelf-stable,” 210 Analytics Principal Anne-Marie Roerink said when queried about last year. “The seafood retailing industry certainly did all the right things to kickstart sales, including increased

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This story was originally published in October in SeafoodSource’s Key Buyer 2023 Industry Update – Fall Edition.

In an effort to maintain a steady presence of local and sustainable products on shelves amid a global pandemic, several significant players within the North American grocery space began rolling out virtual pitch events and accelerator programs to engage underrepresented suppliers. In 2021, for example, Cincinnati, Ohio,

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NOTE: This story was originally published in October in SeafoodSource’s Key Buyer 2023 Industry Update – Fall Edition. Brody Olive’s dish featuring gafftop catfish, flash-fried mole crabs, Gulf shrimp horseradish cream, pickled purslane, and smoked paprika coral tuile… Read More

NOTE: This story was originally published in October in SeafoodSource’s Key Buyer 2023 Industry Update – Fall Edition. Sushi aside, promoting prepared foods has plummeted on supermarkets’ list of marketing priorities in 2023, according to foodservice research and consulting firm… Read More

Consumers are adapting in response to strained economic conditions, even as inflation has started slowing down.

Eating at home more often remained the norm for the first half of the year among U.S. consumers, but unlike during the pandemic, shoppers lately have been branching out to different grocery locales in search of deals to reduce their food expenses. FMI – The Food Industry Association has observed shoppers’ migration to mass

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