This spring is seafood season for Meros! Our co-founder Tina Peneva will be on stage at both the Global Seafood Expo in Barcelona on April 21-23 and the Blue Food Innovation Summit in London on May 27-28, 2026!

First up will be Barcelona, where Tina will be speaking on emerging seafood consumption trends in Japan within the changing global supply. Over the past two decades, per capita seafood consumption in Japan has nearly halved as more Japanese consumers opt for red meat and poultry, which is more affordable and easier to prepare. Tina will discuss the opportunities in this diminishing market and where global seafood and aquaculture suppliers can target in Japan. Topics will include:

• What are the promising products, forms, and channels?
• What shapes the seafood taste and buying choices of Japanese consumers?
• Are consumers interested in global trends like sustainability?
• What are the cultural attitudes towards seafood versus aquaculture, and how do they impact the growth of the sectors in Japan?

Then Tina is off to London’s Blue Food Innovation Summit where she’ll lead a panel on regional strategies shaping aquaculture’s global supply trends. This is a hot topic for us as the current Takaichi administration has added food tech to Japan’s national policy priorities, with a focus on land-based aquaculture.  This discussion will be a chance for us to engage both Japanese and European voices to discuss what aquaculture innovations are gaining traction, and how local technology advances are reshaping species competitiveness and global supply chains. Tina will be joined by panelists including Naoto Sato, the Managing Director of Nissui Europe, Chris Ninnes, CEO of the Aquaculture Stewardship Council UK and Arturo Clement, President of Salmonchile.

Interested in joining us in London? Feel free to use our code MEROS10 for an extra 10% off the Blue Food Summit (register here) ! And reach out to us for more info about either of these events.