Week of March 17, 2025 - Small World Seafood Update

Hello everybody!!

Happy St Patty's to all! A fewv days away from the official beginning of Spring, March 21. I don't care what the groundhog says..

Anyway, I am writing this email from Boston. Our crew comes up here every year on a field trip to attend the International Seafood Expo here. There are three major expos around the world. Boston, Barcelona and Singapore. Suppliers and vendors come from all over the world to showcase themselves and it is one super busy expo. Lots of people attend. You see everything associated with the seafood industry from fish to processing equipment to logistics companies, to financiers and refrigeration solutions. It is one massive event.

Now, the majority of the booths are geared toward the very large food supply industry. Large seafood suppliers, supermarkets chains, etc. But part of the show is attended by smaller vendors that don't focus on the big food industrial complex (they don't have the capacity anyway) but are intent on displaying their unique and high quality products. And these are the vendors that we look out for.

Every year, we get new and better ideas of things to bring to you. This is where we started the relationship with Hiddenfjord, our amazing salmon supplier from the Faroe Islands. This is where we met the good people at Select Europe that supply our marinated anchovies and seafood mix. This is where we met our fabulous scallop supplier. It is a very important show for us because it gives us the opportunity to meet other small good guys in a busy sea (pun intented) of big fish...

This year is no different. We've found a few things that we are super excited to bring to you this year. But, shhhhhh. It's a secret..We will reveal them as they come to fruition. 

You know, for us personally, it is such an honor being here. We kind of work in isolation a bit in what we do bringing you the best seafood we can find and prepping things to make your life easy so you can make restaurant class dishes at home. But when we are here, it reminds us that we are part of a larger community that is intent on bringing the fruits of the sea to people. We are a small part of it but, hey, we are a part of it. Like the little fish in the big sea. We have our place. And there you have it.

So not quite sure what is in store for this week, but we will shake that loose in the next couple of days. One thing for sure is we have that gorgeous butterflied Rainbow trout from Idaho along with whole red meat trout, scaled and gutted. Both blast frozen.

We have what may be one of the last shots of Martha's Vineyard bay scallops. The season is just about to wrap up..

We have Faroe Island salmon and Hokkaido scallops and I will figure out the rest. No worries. But in the meantime, I will sign off and hread back to the show. Just know that every decision we make here has you guys in mind. We want to be really good. For you. We want to get the best stuff. For you. We do this, well, for you. Our neighbors. Our community.

PEI mussels are the shellfish of the week.... Oysters wil be coming from PEI. Going to show our Canadian neighbors as little love..We have lonsa and smoked fish..So many good things.. Oh, and babka kits too..breath, everyone..

Plenty of crab meat, shrimp, etc....

I know, I know..Lots of words...

Anyway, as usual, I have to thank all of you guys for being in our lives. What an incredible community we live in...

Robert Amar

Small World Seafood

Owner