Seafood Expo North America / Seafood Processing North America
Boston, USA
MARCH 10-12, 2024
The Seafood Marketplace for North America
Seafood Expo North America attendees meet with thousands of suppliers to find the newest fresh, frozen, and packaged seafood products and stay current on industry trends.
Seafood Processing North America attendees share ideas, find new processing equipment, make connections and get the news on preparing, delivering and packaging seafood products.
If you are a seafood professional in the North American market, this is a must-attend event.
Learn more about the upcoming edition by visiting the event website.
Delft, The Netherlands-based Veramaris has received full market authorization in Canada to include its algal oil in salmonid feed.
Veramaris announced on 11 March it secured the authorization after a three-year registration process, opening the market to its algal oil for the first time. Veramaris CEO Gertjan de Koning told SeafoodSource during Seafood Expo North America – which ran from 10 to 12 March in Boston, Massachusetts,
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The Global Shrimp Council (GSC) unveiled its board of directors, as well as its marketing campaign director, to its members at the 2024 Seafood Expo North America in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
The council was launched in September 2023, and the National Fisheries Institute, a trade group representing the U.S. seafood industry, agreed to house it in December 2023 as a precompetitive partnership designed to promote global shrimp
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Japanese exhibitors have been attending Seafood Expo North America, which takes place this year from 10 to 12 March in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., for many years, but with China's recent ban on seafood from Japan, the 2024 edition of the show has been pivotal, according to Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Executive Vice President Katsunori Nakazawa.
“It’s more important than ever now to focus on important markets like the
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Puerto Montt, Chile-based salmon-farming firm Multi X touted its ultra-premium ArkA “Antarctic” salmon at the 2024 edition of Seafood Expo North America (SENA), as well as new Latitude 45-branded products.
The ArkA brand was launched in 2021 into retail, including hot- and cold-smoked products. The brand features Atlantic salmon farmed in Chile’s Region XII – the Magallanes region – that are antibiotic-free,
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The U.S. seafood category as a whole experienced harsh inflationary pressure in 2023 that pushed consumers toward alternatives like chicken, pork, and beef.
Data from consumer behavior analysis firm Circana showed that for the full 52 weeks of 2023, across fresh and frozen finfish and shellfish, almost all major seafood species experienced a slump in sales. Sales of frozen shrimp declined 8 percent by value in 2023, while frozen pollock sales
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FMI – The Food Industry Association's Power of Seafood 2024 report highlighted declining U.S. retail seafood sales in 2023, but also revealed preparing seafood at home has grown incresaingly popular since the Covid-19 pandemic.
The report, released during a conference session at Seafood Expo North America in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., on 10 March, found U.S. seafood sales revenue declined 3.1 percent to USD 18.9 billion (EUR 17.3
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Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America, produced by Diversified Communications, has opened in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., for its 42nd edition on 10 March 2024.
During the three-day expo, exhibitors will demonstrate their latest innovations and build lasting relationships with North American buyers. The expo runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, 10 March and Monday, 11 March, as well as from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday,
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Federal and provincial officials with the Canadian government assembled at the 2024 Seafood Expo North America (SENA) on 10 March to show support for the country's seafood industry.
At an opening ceremony in the Canadian pavilion of the show, Consulate General of Canada in Boston Bernadette Jordan – a former Canadian minister of fisheries – led a group of current ministers and Canadian premiers in welcoming the seafood industry and
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The full itinerary of onsite experiences, events, and networking opportunities at the 42nd edition of Seafood Expo North America, taking place 10 to 12 March 2024 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., has been released.
This year’s schedule will include events at the new Wave Makers’ Zone, located at booth #3165, an area that will serve as a networking hub for industry leaders,
… Read More After months of anticipation, it is time once again for the Seafood Expo North America / Seafood Processing North America – the largest gathering of seafood professional on the continent – to take over Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
The 2024 iteration of the expo kicks off this Sunday, 10 March, at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and will continue through Tuesday, 12 March.
Attendees are invited to explore the exhibit
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