Seafood Expo Asia

Loch Duart prides itself on being one of the last remaining independent, non-multinational Scottish fish-farming companies.

That independence gives the company a freedom that its larger, often publicly traded competitors don’t have, such as the ability to specialize on operating small-scale, low-impact farms and focus on certain products and markets, according to Loch Duart Managing Director Mark Warrington. The company’s salmon are

Jaw Feng Machinery, a company from Taiwan specializing in vacuum-pack technology, wants a larger profile in the global seafood processing industry.

Founded in 1983, Jaw Feng has sold its thermoforming packaging machines, tray sealers, vacuum-massage tumblers, and its range of vacuum-packaging machinery to companies in more than 100 countries. But, its sales to the global seafood industry represent just 35 percent of its total – a statistic

Six years ago, The Seafood Company realized it had reached market saturation in its home markets of Singapore and Malaysia.

So, the vertically integrated seafood firm now wants to grab a share of the U.S. market with its unique whole panko soft shell crab product.

“We realized our future growth would only marginally increase if we didn’t do things differently,” The Seafood Company Managing Director Kenneth Chia told

Gumusdoga Seafood, one of Turkey's larger aquaculture firms, recently cut production in response to shrinking demand. But, it doesn’t plan to do so again.

Founded in 1997, Gumusdoga has remained family-owned, even as it has grown into one of Turkey’s top seafood firms, conducting farming, feed production, processing, and exporting. It employs 2,000 people in Turkey, ranks in the top 100 largest Turkish companies, and exports to more

North Sea Seafood is aiming for a bigger market share in Asia.

The Bergen, Norway-headquartered processor and trader of salmon, trout, and whitefish has grown quickly since it was founded in 2011, primarily selling into continental Europe.

But, North Sea Seafood COO Espen Engevik said the company has charted a path to further development through Asia, as well as North America.

“The last four years has brought massive growth for us, but as

Jason Chua knows Singapore’s seafood preferences like few others.

Chua is the chief executive of Sincere Food, one of the biggest food suppliers, including both wholesale and value-added seafood products, to Singapore’s hotel, retail, and catering (HORECA) sector. Established in 1998, Sincere Food now supplies around 85 percent of the HORECA market in Singapore.

In recent years, the company has acquired Premium Deep Sea Seafood to

Asia-based seafood start-ups are having a moment.

The seafood industry’s newest unicorn – a start-up that has achieved a USD 1 billion (EUR 902 million) valuation – is Bandung, Indonesia-based eFishery, which offers fish and shrimp farmers an end-to-end platform to access to feed, financing, and markets. And numerous other Asia-headquartered companies, including India’s Captain Fresh, FreshToHome, and Licious have