Seafood Exposition (ASE) held on 3-5 September set records for attendance, with a focus on premium luxury seafood products.ASE brought more than 7,500 total attendees from 75 different countries.
"A number of factors have played a role in the rising demand for premium product, including China's strengthened middle-class economy, safety concerns with seafood sourced domestically, and the inability of local supply to meet the rapidly growing consumption rates," Mary Larkin, VP of seafood expositions at Diversified, said this week.
Exhibitors included 171 companies from 27 countries, and 80 percent of the 2013 exhibit space was renewed and contracted on-site for 2014, when the show will be renamed Seafood Expo Asia.
"We were very happy to be a part of the exposition this year and we will definitely return," said Amir Awan of Delicious by Nordic, a first-time exhibitor at the event. "We are in discussion about having a bigger booth for next year's event."
