Seafood Expo North America 2026: Back in Boston with the Vietnam Pavilion

From 15 to 17 March 2026, TBESFOOD was back at Seafood Expo North America, the largest seafood trade show on the continent, at the Thomas M. Menino Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston. This was the 44th edition. SeafoodSource, the show's official media, counted 1,215 exhibiting companies from 50 countries across 247,915 net square feet, and named Vietnam among the countries with a growing presence on the floor.

A year after our first Boston show

SENA 2025 was our first time in Boston, and this year the team came back knowing the hall and many of the faces in it. We had our own stand again inside the Vietnam Seafood pavilion, under the banner "Vietnam Seafood, Sustainable Destination", with the TBESFOOD wall facing the main aisle.

What we brought to Boston

Vannamei shrimp: raw and cooked

Pangasius and barramundi fillets, frozen

Catalogues for TBESAGRI tropical fruit and TBESBY dried brewer's yeast, for buyers who source across categories

Buyers ask about paperwork first, so it sat right on the wall: FDA registration 16881763574, EU code DL 417 and China registration CNNM18PP2111220698, with the ASC, MSC, Halal, HACCP, BRCGS, Sedex and FDA marks underneath.

Three busy days on the floor

Importers, distributors and processors came through the stand from opening day. Many already knew Vietnamese pangasius and shrimp, so the conversations went straight to specifications, packing and shipping. Some meetings ran at our table, others carried on in the aisles, and a good number of visitors left with the orange TBES bag and a catalogue.

Thank you, Boston

Thank you to every buyer and partner who visited us in Boston, and to VASEP for bringing the Vietnam pavilion together again. The next edition is already set for 7 to 9 March 2027.

If we met at SENA 2026, or you are looking for a Vietnamese supplier of shrimp, pangasius or barramundi, our export team is at export@tbesfood.com.

Read our recaps from 2025: SIAL Shanghai, THAIFEX Bangkok and CFSE Qingdao.