Seafood Expo Global
Barcelona, Spain
23-25 APRIL 2024
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.
International sustainability certification standard GlobalG.A.P. is one year away from the 20th anniversary of the release of its first aquaculture standard.
GlobalG.A.P.’s new aquaculture standard, its sixth version, was released in 2022 and came with several new forward-thinking ideas on applying the certification to aquaculture and feed. During a press conference at Seafood Expo Global – which took place from 25 to 27 April
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A study of seafood consumers by La Asociación de Fabricantes y Distribuidores (AECOC) – a Spanish association with thousands of member companies across multiple sectors, including seafood – has revealed the ongoing challenges the sector faces in the face of inflation. The study also offers suggestions on how seafood can be better marketed to consumers.
Part of the study's findings were presented at Seafood Expo Global, which
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A free trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom will soon enter into force, and Australia’s seafood industry anticipates the agreement will create new opportunities and sales.
The U.K.-Australia free trade agreement was signed in December 2021, six months after an “agreement in principle” was established. The agreement was the first major post-Brexit trade deal negotiated by the U.K., and after a lengthy
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You can trust Japanese buyers to know where to find the best bluefin tuna, according to Isaac Hermo, the commercial director for Grupo Ricardo Fuentes.
Based in the Mediterranean port city of Cartagena, Spain, the company was founded in 1984 as a local fish purveyor. Soon after it was founded, Japanese buyers began inquiring about the company’s bluefin tuna catch.
“They said, ‘You can salt your loins but we want to buy your
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The Aquaculture Stewardship Council's new feed mill standard represents a big step for the organization, according to ASC Feed Standard Senior Coordinator Alexandra Warrington.
The standard was published a year and a half ago and became effective in January. Certification bodies are now beginning the accreditation process and will commence audits later this year, Warrington told SeafoodSource at the 2023 Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona,
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Zurich, Switzerland-based Regal Springs tilapia producer announced at the 2023 Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, Spain the upcoming launch of two new products, exclusively for the U.S. market under its own brand, the beer batter-coated tilapia, and a panko coating.
These products are the first to be marketed as Regal Springs products, and there already has been interest in private labels, Regal Springs Head of Marketing and Media Relations
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Lillehammer, Norway Aquatiq has identified listeria as the seafood industry’s number-one enemy.
Aquatiq provides a suite of services to the seafood industry geared around food safety, from hygienic processing equipment, to clean-in-place systems, to software and hardware for automation, to custom turnkey project management and engineering, to cleaning systems and products, to consultation.
“We have complete food safety solutions,
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Pärnu, Estonia-based FreshRex, a maker of canned and preserved seafood products, is moving to solar power.
A solar array being installed on and around the company’s facility, aided by a government program, will produce a total capacity of 490 kWh of renewable energy, according to FreshRex Manager Vaido Õun.
“We felt that a couple of years ago energy prices would go up rapidly and we wanted to ensure some stability
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Agen, France-based seafood group Mericq has continued its acquisition streak with the purchase of Mariscos Wildomar.
Founded in 2008 by William Goulay and Henry Izquierdo, San Sebastián, Spain-based Mariscos Wildomar is shellfish specialist concentrated on the Spanish and French markets.
“The team saw in the company of Mariscos Wildomar, a major ally with exceptional know-how, [an avenue] to continue its international
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Steen International Sales Manager Lourenz Seesing believes the global seafood industry needs to pay more attention to health and food safety issues.
“It's a big issue and a big topic at the moment,” Seesing told SeafoodSource at the 2023 Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, Spain on 27 April.
The Antwerp, Belgium-based processing-equipment manufacturer, which is part of the F.P.M. International family of companies, has 17 employees and
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