SFP in Barcelona

Seafood Expo Global 2025

Read on for all the highlights from our three days in Barcelona at Seafood Expo Global 2025.

Sustainable seafood leaders on scaling up participatory, multi-stakeholder landscape-level aquaculture management

Improving aquaculture at the landscape level offers an ideal opportunity to protect and restore habitat and nature at scale – safeguarding the vital ecosystem services they provide. The balance between protection and restoration depends on the specific context within each landscape.

This was a central point in the panel discussion “The Future of Aquaculture is Now,” held on the final day of the Expo and featuring SFP Founder and CEO Jim Cannon and Aquaculture Stewardship Council CEO Chris Ninnes. During the session, the two shared their vision for a roadmap for aquaculture improvements via a participatory and multi-stakeholder approach at scale, based on experiences with shrimp farming in Andhra Pradesh, India. They highlighted how this approach can identify and address challenges at farm, watershed, and landscape levels. The discussion also emphasized the importance of working with, and bringing together, local expertise and the need to recognize and reward producers for their efforts.

A detailed roadmap of this approach will be published soon on our newly launched landscape approach to aquaculture webpage.

Barbara Janker, Chris Ninnes, and Jim Cannon sitting together on a stage at Seafood Expo Global 2025

(L-R) Ninnes (center) and Cannon (far right) with moderator Barbara Janker, Aquaculture Stewardship Council Commercial Director Europe and Asia-Pacific

Panel discusses how to improve aquaculture sustainability through ecosystem-based fisheries management

SFP Global Supply Chains Director Dave Martin (at podium) participated in a panel on how ecosystem-based fisheries management can improve the sustainability of fisheries that provide crucial ingredients for fish feed. The panelists discussed the important role small pelagic “forage” fisheries play in play in the food web and ecosystem, as well as their importance in the production of aquaculture feed. Panelists made the case for promoting ecosystem-based fisheries management for these species, and presented examples of ecosystem modeling and case studies from the North Atlantic. Martin presented preliminary findings from SFP’s 2024 reduction sector report, including the need to improve current fisheries management and access to information on impacts to ecosystems. He also highlighted the critical role industry can and should play in improving these fisheries.

(Right) Martin (at podium) with fellow panelists Katy Hladki and Andrew Clayton of the Pew Charitable Trusts and Goncalo Carvalho of Sciaena