Seafood Blog

We recently created an industry overview video that showcases the people, places, products, organizations and harvesting practices that make Northeast US seafood trusted suppliers of high quality, safe and sustainable seafood to markets worldwide.

To introduce Northeast US seafood, specifically American lobster and scallops, to Hong Kong chefs, Food Export-Northeast recently partnered with the US Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) Hong Kong to participate in a virtual chef seminar.

Learn how to promote your seafood products overseas with a variety of Food Export–Northeast programs and services.

Recently, Food Export–Northeast partnered with Wenzhou Pullman Panjin Oriental Ginza - a hotel in Wenzhou, China - to create a special menu promotion featuring Northeast US scallops and American lobster.

As foreign markets begin to reopen after coronavirus, Food Export–Northeast is ramping up seafood promotions to reclaim markets and to develop new markets. To help demonstrate the value of these promotions, we wanted to take you behind the scenes and show you what these promotions look like.

As Chinese interest in Northeast US seafood grows and prices remain affordable for consumers, Food Export–Northeast’s In-Market Representative for China and Hong Kong, has come up with a number of innovative ways to promote these seafood products.

This article is an interview with Food Export - Northeast In-Market Representative Alexander Wever about his recommendations for effective seafood marketing in Germany and other Northern European countries.

Find out more about the recent announcement that Northeast US Lobster suppliers are now able to export to Brazil.

Food Export–Northeast’s In-Market Representatives serve as supplier eyes and ears on the ground when exploring export opportunities in various international markets.

Food Export–Northeast is sharing an interview series with In-Market Representatives from three different Asian countries. This article is about our IMRs in Taiwan.

Food Export–Northeast is sharing an interview series with In-Market Representatives from three different Asian countries. This article is about our IMRs in Korea.

Food Export–Northeast is sharing an interview series with In-Market Representatives from three different Asian countries. This article is about our IMR in Vietnam.

See how you can keep exploring new export opportunities during this time of limited travel and tradeshow opportunities with our online programs and services.

With many overseas missions and networking opportunities as a big part of our larger association’s annual activities calendar, you can expand your international marketing by considering any of the options in this post.

In 2019, we had success exhibiting for the first time at the Taiwan International Fisheries & Seafood Show and wanted to share this success story in a market that doesn’t always have industry participation.

At Food Export–Northeast our goal is to provide many of the building blocks that help suppliers successfully export seafood products overseas. Learn more about those services in this article.

The new year has arrived and Food Export–Northeast has a number of programs, in-market promotional activities, events, and tradeshow opportunities to help seafood companies grow connections to international buyers. As you plan for the year ahead, consider these five opportunities.

Check out some of our newest resources to help U.S. seafood suppliers capitalize on the opportunity to grow internationally.

Food Export-Northeast has conducted extensive in-depth market research to support U.S. oyster market diversification. To date, we have developed reports for Northern Europe, China, and Hong Kong.

To help connect the U.S. oyster industry to international buyers, Food Export–Northeast recently held its first U.S. oyster mission and invited nine (9) international buyers from Canada, China, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates to participate.