Seafood shows undergo rebranding

Brussels and Boston will become Seafood Expo Global and Seafood Expo North America, to make them ‘more recognizable’

Viciunai expands brand to Brazil

Lithuanian surimi and seafood group Viciunai is selling its ‘Vici’ brand in Brazil, as it also looks to expand the brand in France and Spain (more…)

Norwegian group to unveil ‘superfresh’ packing method

New packing method keeps salmon fresh for 20 days, says reseach institute (more…)

2013 Boston seafood show ‘largest ever’

Biggest area of growth is coming from outside of the US, including Canada, China, Chile, Japan and Morocco, say organizers (more…)

Deep-sea cobia producer gears up for full-scale launch

Farming cobia eight miles into the sea, Open Blue expects to harvest more than 1,000t this year, shipping fresh to the US 52 weeks a year (more…)

Further dive in Pescanova Ecuador shrimp output

February’s shrimp output from troubled giant’s Ecuador operation dives on January’s already-low level, following a Boston seafood show dominated by talk of the company’s troubles (more…)

Recap Undercurrent’s Boston seafood show coverage

Recap our coverage of a fun and busy few days in Beantown, with high replacement cost prices and depressed market prices a major talking point (more…)

Boston show to change name

International Boston Seafood Show to be renamed Seafood Expo North America by organizers Diversified Business Communications for 2014

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Chilean salmon industry broadcasts progress with new marketing push

The group has changed its name to Salmon de Chile and launched a new website to help consumers, retailers, and chefs

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Boston show sees weakness in foodservice sector, standoff between buyers and sellers

Weakness in the foodservice sector is making foodservice buyers extremely wary of accepting any price increases (more…)

Trident pays subtle tribute to Jerry Dowd in expanding foodservice brand

Trident Seafoods has included a subtle tribute to former president Jerry Dowd in the logo of an expanding foodservice line that was Dowd’s brainchild (more…)

Boston shrimp talk focused on the ‘two Ds’

Disease and duties are the focus of the shrimp business for the Boston seafood show, said Jim Gulkin, managing director of Siam Canadian Group (more…)

ASC: Transparency is a key tenant for us

CEO Chris Ninnes updated Boston seafood show goers on the organization’s plan to get as many certified products in front of consumers as possible

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Wegmans seafood exec: Retailers need to belly up to the bar

Sustainability does not come by itself, says US seafood veteran, while his counterpart at Delhaize urges suppliers to educate retail buyers (more…)

GAA president: Identifying EMS cause just a matter of time

Cause is most likely to be bacteria, with researchers possibly ‘pretty close’ to identifying the pathogen, George Chamberlain told the audience at Mini-GOAL in Boston (more…)

Spanish frozen trader doubles sales out of China

Vigo-based Interatlantic Fish doubled its containers out of China in 2012 – largely driven by demand from Brazil, says sales manager (more…)

‘White knuckle year’ ahead for US shrimp buyers

‘If you wait three months, will supply be there?’ asks Wegmans buyer, reflecting sentiment prevailing at Boston seafood show this year (more…)

US cod quota cuts have processors scrambling for supply

The steep cuts in US cod quotas have east coast processors scrambling for supply, and planning to use more Pacific and Canadian cod, as well as imports from Norway, Iceland and maybe Russia (more…)

Ocean Beauty touts smoked Copper River salmon

Ocean Beauty Seafoods is displaying a smoked Copper River sockeye salmon product at the Boston show for the first time, under its Echo Falls brand (more…)