Costa Rica-based spotted rose snapper producer Martec is aiming to boost exports to the United States by more than 1,000 percent over the next five years.

Martec plans to achieve this with a nearly six-fold increase in production and the financial muscle of a team of unnamed new backers.

The company, based in the Pacific coastal port of Quepos, annually produces close to 700 metric tons of spotted rose snapper eight miles offshore.

At least than 90 percent of this is exported to the US market, where the main customer is retail chain Costco, Max Tattenbach, Martec's sustainability and innovation manager, told IntraFish.