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Seafood Expo North America 2026
Seafood Expo North America is March 15-17, 2026, in Boston.
If you’ll be in Boston, visit us on the Expo floor at Booth #1266. And join us at the following panels and events to learn more about how we can help you improve the sustainability of your seafood.
Bycatch and Innovative Fishing Gear Technologies: Solutions for Delivering Seafood Sustainability
Panel: Sunday, March 15, 1:00-2:00 p.m., Room 105
Join SFP and industry leaders for a forward-looking panel on how innovative fishing gear is reducing bycatch and strengthening sustainable seafood supply chains. Panelists will highlight proven and emerging solutions from SFP’s Bycatch Solutions Hub, exploring how they improve catch quality, protect marine species, and meet sustainability commitments. The conversation will also address adoption challenges, cost considerations, and how buyer engagement can accelerate bycatch solution uptake across global fisheries. For more information, contact SFP Protecting Ocean Wildlife Manager Anne DiMonti at anne.dimonti@sustainablefish.org.
Registration is not required for this event, and you do not need a Conference badge to attend.
Ghost Gear Panel Discussion: Protecting Ocean Health and Seafood Supply Chains
Panel: Sunday, March 15, 3:00-4:00 p.m., Room 105
Join SFP and industry, fisheries, and conservation leaders for a focused discussion on ghost gear (lost or abandoned fishing gear) and its growing impact on marine ecosystems and seafood supply chains. Panelists will examine risks to target and bycatch species, while highlighting practical solutions such as gear-retrieval programs, tracking technologies, and cross-sector collaboration. Attendees will leave with actionable insights on how industry leaders can support ghost gear mitigation and strengthen long-term fishery resilience. For more information, contact SFP Protecting Ocean Wildlife Manager Anne DiMonti at anne.dimonti@sustainablefish.org.
Registration is not required for this event, and you do not need a Conference badge to attend.
Tuna Transparency Science Fair
Monday, March 16, 1:00-2:30 pm, Room 105
Join us for an interactive session that will allow industry actors to explore how emerging tools are improving visibility into tuna vessel operations and addressing key transparency issues, including bycatch, vessel monitoring, and IUU fishing. The session will begin with a short panel discussion on the most pressing transparency issues in tuna fisheries, followed by an open showcase of practical solutions. For more information, contact SFP Fisheries Policy and Information Analyst Cody Pajunen at cody.pajunen@sustainablefish.org.
Registration is not required for this event, and you do not need a Conference badge to attend.
Integrated Strategies for Stakeholder Engagement and Supply Chain Leverage: A Roadmap for Landscape-Level Sustainability in Aquaculture
Conference Session: Tuesday, March 17, 10:00-11:00 a.m., Room TBA
In this session, SFP and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), together with supply chain partners, will look back on two years of collaboration in the shrimp farming sector of Andhra Pradesh, India. The panelists will also discuss how to build on the foundation of the SFP/ASC “Roadmap for Landscape-Level Improvements in Aquaculture”, capitalize on future opportunities for improvement, and implement landscape-level aquaculture strategies in Andhra Pradesh and around the world.
Panelists:
- Kathryn Novak, Biodiversity and Nature Director, SFP
- Jill Swasey, Director of Impacts, ASC
- Blake Stok, Senior Director of Sustainability, Thai Union Frozen
This session is part of the official Expo program and requires a Conference badge to attend.
Supply Chain Roundtable Meetings & Events
Join other suppliers in your sector at an SFP Supply Chain Roundtable (SR) meeting, where participants will discuss best practices and other improvement initiatives, develop strategies, and review workplans.
All meetings and events will take place in Conference Room 105.
Aquaculture Working Group on Emissions
Sunday, March 15, 8:00-8:50 a.m.
This meeting is open only to current working group participants. Contact Braddock Spear for more information on the AWG.
Sunday, March 15, 9:00-9:50 a.m.
This meeting is open only to current SR participants. Contact Braddock Spear for more information.
Sunday, March 15, 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
This meeting is open only to current SR participants. Contact Kerry Marhefka for more information.
Monday, March 16, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
This meeting is open only to current SR participants. Contact Megan Westmeyer for more information.
Indonesian Snapper & Grouper SR
Monday, March 16, 10:00-11:00 a.m.
This meeting is open only to current SR participants. Contact Kerry Marhefka for more information.
Monday, March 16, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
This meeting is open to any interested buyers or suppliers of squid. Contact Carmen González-Vallés for more information.
“Proud to Work with SFP” signs and badges available
Show your support for SFP and your commitment to sustainable seafood with signs and artwork to display at the Expo. You can choose one of two options:
- Print your own sign or materials: Artwork for “Proud to Work with SFP” signs and badges can be downloaded here. If you are going to use the artwork in signs or other printed materials, please let us know.
- Let us bring you a sign for your booth: We can also print one or more signs and deliver them to your booth on the first morning of the Expo. Please complete this form to order signs.
Meet the Team
Jim Cannon, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Markets & Fisheries
Bill Bradford, Partnership Engagement Specialist, North America
Jen Levin, Partnership Engagement Manager
Teddy Escarabay, Latin American Fisheries Director
Supply Chains
Carmen González-Vallés, Director of Supply Chain Roundtables – Squid & Octopus
Kerry Marhefka, Supply Chain Roundtable Lead – Global Mahi and Indonesian Snapper & Grouper
Megan Westmeyer, Director of Supply Chain Roundtables
Dave Martin, Global Supply Chains Director
Biodiversity & Nature
Kathryn Novak, Biodiversity and Nature Director
Anne DiMonti, Protecting Ocean Wildlife Program Manager
Alexia Morgan, Ocean Wildlife Manager
Cody Pajunen, Fisheries Policy and Information Analyst
Outreach and Communications
Braddock Spear, Global Policy Director
Amy Sweeting, Marketing and Communications Director