Expo News

Published on
March 17, 2019

It was a weekend of hard work for global seafood product suppliers and processing vendors, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in anticipation of this year’s Seafood Expo North American/Seafood Processing North America event, taking place from 17 to 19 March. 

Considered to be the largest seafood event in North America, the expo saw 1,329 exhibitors from 49 countries in attendance at

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Published on
March 15, 2019

Former Bonamar Corporation executive Alex Cook has joined Coral Springs, Florida-based seafood supplier Sea Delight Group as its new sales management executive, the company announced on 11 March. 

A seafood industry veteran of more than 17 years, Cook most recently served as the senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Miami, Florida-based Bonamar. In his new role with Sea

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Published on
March 15, 2019

Just over eight months since the start of a trade war between China and the United States, the Maine lobster industry is still coping with the affects of a 25 percent tariff on their goods. 

Maine had been on track to more than double the value of exports to China, with USD 87 million (EUR 76.9 million) worth of the crustacean being sold through June 2018, compared to roughly half that value

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Published on
March 15, 2019

Antarctic salmon supplier Sixty South is investing in the construction of a new hatchery, to be located 45 kilometers north of Porvenir, Tierra del Fuego, Chile, the company announced on 14 March. 

The state-of-the-art facility will allow Sixty South to produce 12 million smolts of 120 grams per year, amounting to three million every quarter, the firm said in a press release. The hatchery

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Published on
March 14, 2019

The Hellenic Aquaculture Producers Organization (HAPO), which is representative of approximately 80 percent of Greece’s aquaculture industry, aims to actively promote its Fish From Greece brand to the North American market this month at Seafood Expo North America, taking place in Boston, Massachusetts from 17 to 19 March. 

The privately-owned non-profit, which consists of 21 Greek

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Published on
March 14, 2019

Camanchaca Inc. – the U.S. division of Chilean seafood company Camanchaca S.A. – is unveiling a new organic mussel at Seafood Expo North America, which kicks off on 17 March and runs to 19 March at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts. 

The new product, Gourmet Organic Mussels, will be launched under the company’s Pier 33 Gourmet Brand and

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Published on
March 12, 2019

Norfolk, Virginia-based company QA Supplies will be showcasing its new temperature reading device, the LogTag TRIL-8 Dry Ice “Probe-less” Low Temperature Recorder, at the upcoming Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America event taking place in Boston, Massachusetts from 17 to 19 March, 2019. 

Capable of operating, measuring, and storing up to 8,000 temperature

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Wynter Courmont

Published on
March 12, 2019

We look forward to welcoming those of you attending the 39th edition of Seafood Expo North America / Seafood Processing North America in Boston next week. This year’s edition will feature more than 1,300 exhibiting companies from 49 countries and continues to be the largest seafood event in North America. 

There is a lot for you to see and do at the expo:

The conference program is

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Published on
March 11, 2019

After quickly growing its distribution of fresh, premium Icelandic seafood regionally, Niceland is looking to expand to retailers, wholesale companies, and restaurants across the United States at Seafood Expo North America 2019, taking place in Boston, Massachusetts from 17 to 19 March.

Niceland supplies wild-caught haddock, cod, ocean perch, wolffish, flounder, cusk, pollock, and farmed raised

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Marie Christine Monfort | Natalia Briceno-Lagos | Jayne Gallagher | Leonie Noble | Meryl Williams | Editrudith Lukanga

Published on
March 8, 2019

International Women’s Day, on 8 March, has become the day of the year to highlight what women do and review progress. Some workplaces have joined in celebrating this day, featuring heartening commitments to gender equality. But it is also frequent to see in the workplace the omission, forgetfulness, or ignorance of what this day commemorates: the international day of women's rights. We are

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