Another year, another Boston. While current geopolitics might dictate a dour mood, there was a spring in the collective industry’s step, even among sectors -- think smoked salmon, Alaska pollock, tilapia and pangasius -- that one would think would be down in the dumps.

Why the smiles? Well, I put it down to a general belief in the future of the industry. Slowly, surely, seafood is taking its rightful place in the world, and it seems like this industry may finally be finding out how to capitalize on a protein that has everything going for it.

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