Tropical Aquaculture Products, the US-based operator for a growing cooperative of aquaculture farms, has expanded its tilapia network with the integration of Brazilian seafood specialist, GeneSeas Aquacultura.
Founded in 2001, GeneSeas is a Brazilian company generating more than 500 direct jobs, specialising in seafood with optimal practices throughout the entire process, from hatchery to processing.
GeneSeas has farms located in the Alha Solteira reservoir, which boarders the states of Sao Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Today, GeneSeas has over 800 cages spread between Santa Fe do Sul and Aparecida do Taboado.
At the farm, GeneSeas takes specific measures to ensure that tilapias are carefully nourished, using production management software to ensure that the feed volume ratio is exact and that each tilapia receives adequate nutrition.
The fish are carefully managed throughout their growth cycle and beyond when they leave GeneSeas' processing facility for Sao Paulo, where they are then flown directly to the United States.
The GeneSeas product is sustainable and chemical free and the company is enrolled in the Global Aquaculture Alliance IBAP program to certify that their practices are responsible and sustainable.
As well as GeneSeas, Tropical has also added US-based Netuno to its farm cooperative.
