[ EVENTS ] Seafood Expo Global and Seafood Processing Global reopen in Barcelona
Putting the sea into Seafood Expo Global Seafood Expo Global, the world’s biggest and most international seafood show, opened its doors in April for the first time in two years. surging. Of course, sky high prices for raw materials and energy had an impact on sentiments, but it seemed to be somewhat muffled. Diversified Communications, the event organiser, estimates that more than 26,630 seafood buyers and suppliers from all around the globe attended the event. Companies exhibiting hailed from 76 countries and numbered well over 1,500—despite the absence of the Chinese and Russian pavilions—pushing the event to within a hairbreadth of the largest edition ever. Seafood firms apparently spent the last couple of years focused on innovation developing products that reflected concerns about health, sustainability, and climate change as well as ease of preparation and taste. An ambitious conference programme complemented the show with presentations analysing the threats facing the seafood
Diversified Communications
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he pandemic that had completely disrupted the staging of events since 2020 was in retreat and the fair was inaugurating its arrival in Barcelona after over a couple of decades of being organised in Brussels. As usual the show brought together both parts of the industry with Seafood Expo Global focused on seafood products and Seafood Processing Global on processing and other machinery used by the industry. The end of a two-year-long embargo on in-person contact in a sector that thrives on personal relationships and physical meetings created a buoyant atmosphere in Barcelona. Bright sun and warm weather contributed in no small measure too. Although companies have been rocked by the pandemic and now the war in Ukraine, many of them reported that demand for their products was high and that prices were
Seafood Expo Global’s inaugural show in Barcelona signalled a return to normality after two years of corona-enforced isolation.
industry as well as interventions on sustainability, climate change, the maritime ecosystem and aquaculture. Unfortunately, entry was free to only selected talks. All in all, the event was well organised with good communication from the organiser about practical arrangements. The
venue is conveniently located, well designed, and with effective ventilation, and Barcelona is an attractive city on the sea that is the life spring of this industry. Next year’s edition of Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global will take place in Barcelona, Spain, 25 – 27 April 2023 at Fira Barcelona Gran Via.
Agromey, Turkey
Pandemic boosted demand for healthful products
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he aquaculture industry in Turkey specialises in the marine species seabass, seabream, and meagre, and, more recently, Black Sea salmon. Among the major producers of seabass and seabream is Agromey, a vertically company with its own hatchery, grow-out cages, fish feed production,
fish processing, and packaging. The companies facilities are certified to all the standards needed for it to export to EU and the US including IFS, BRC, FDA, Global G.A.P., and ASC. At Seafood Expo Global, Agromey was part of the large Turkish pavilion, where companies were delighted to be able again to meet face to face
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Tolga Uruk, Marketing and Sales Coordinator, Agromey
