Responsible Seafood Summit

Cartagena, Colombia | Sept. 29 - Oct. 2, 2025

Mark your calendar – the Summit is coming to the Caribbean coast of Colombia this September! Join seafood leaders and the leaders of tomorrow for candid discussions about the future of the seafood industry.

Cartagena, Colombia

The 24th edition of the Responsible Seafood Summit will be held in tropical Cartagena, Colombia from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2, 2025. Get on our mailing list to receive updates on future events.

This is the world’s only seafood event focused on bridging the differences and nurturing the commonalities between aquaculture and fisheries. The 2025 Summit will feature a carefully curated, forward-thinking program with over 50 speakers who identify emerging issues before they become challenges and develop a long-term strategy addressing those challenges.

Seafood professionals representing the entire value chain attend the Summit to be active participants in the development of a healthy, responsible seafood community.

Registration for the Summit will open in the coming months.

Conference Venue: InterContinental Cartagena

The 2025 Responsible Seafood Summit is set to take place at the beautiful InterContinental Cartagena de Indias, located right on the beach of the Caribbean Sea in the heart of the lively Bocagrande area of Cartagena, Colombia.

In addition to meeting rooms for conference programming, attendees will have access to booking hotel rooms within a discounted room block.

Engaging Field Trips

Take your learning and networking experience on the road by participating in industry field trips! The 2024 Responsible Seafood Summit featured six industry field trips to Scottish seafood production facilities, including BioMar, JK Thomson, Welch Fishmongers, DFDS Logistics, University of Stirling, Loch Fyne Oysters, Scottish Fisheries Museum, Rastech, Xelect, Scottish Oceans Insitute, and more.

Our 2025 field trip locations will be announced in the coming months, and attendees will be able to select their field trip of choice when registering for the conference.

Inspirational Entrepreneurs

Established in 2012, GSA’s Responsible Seafood Innovation Awards recognize individuals and organizations finding new solutions to the challenges facing aquaculture and fisheries. Our 2024 finalists were Ace Aquatec, GenusWave, Green Iceberg, Tiny Fish, Seaqure Labs, and Global Fishing Watch. By audience vote, the winners were Tiny Fish (aquaculture) and GenusWave (fisheries). Thank you to the U.S. Soybean Export Council for sponsoring the 2024 competition.

Pictured is Lukas Manomaitis (USSEC), Brad Doyle (USSEC), Keith Davidson (Ace Aquatec), Teresa Garzon (Tiny Fish), Thomas Gotz (GenusWave), Susan Watkins (Watkins Farms), Shen Yan Liow (Global Fishing Watch), Albin Frick (Seaqure Labs), Snaebjorn Gudnason (Green Iceberg).

Interested in applying? Submit an application!

Influential Buyers

The world’s leading retail and foodservice companies are always well represented at the Responsible Seafood Summit. Buyers play a key role in influencing seafood production practices through corporate social responsibility policies and associated sourcing specifications. Among the companies represented over the years are Ahold Delhaize USA, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Bloomin’ Brands, Captain D’s, Food Lion, Giant Eagle, Hannaford, H.E.B., Harvest Meat Co., Hello Fresh, Hy-Vee, Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union (JCCU), Metro Canada, Red Lobster, Sainsbury’s, Schnucks, Sysco, Topco, US Foods, Wakefern and Walmart.

Exclusive Data & Analysis

GSA’s exclusive production forecasts for farmed shrimp and farmed finfish have been fixtures of the Responsible Seafood Summit for almost 20 years. Once again in 2024 the results of GSA’s aquaculture production survey were presented and analyzed by Rabobank’s Gorjan Nikolik (pictured), with contributions from Ragnar Nystøyl of Kontali. Additionally, Expana Markets' Janice Schrieber provided production and trade data for a number of key wild seafood species, including lobster, crab, groundfish and wild salmon.

We look forward to once again sharing cutting-edge data and insights with our audience at Summit 2025.

Fun & Entertainment

What’s an event without fun, entertainment and opportunities to network? The most valuable part of in-person events is the ability to connect with a variety of people in real time. Attendees have told us that networking is the most important part of the Summit. Consequently, our 2025 event will offer more networking opportunities than ever before.

Become a Sponsor

Heighten the visibility and credibility of your brand by aligning with GSA’s mission of responsible seafood production and sourcing by sponsoring the Responsible Seafood Summit. Contact GSA Media & Events Sales Manager Jim Batchelor for sponsorship opportunities at our 2025 event in Cartagena, Colombia.

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