Colombian tilapia and trout supplier PezCo is opening up a new front in the US market after landing a major retail contract for its red tilapia, and is seeking fresh capital to scale up operations even more.

PezCo COO Juan-Carlos Libreros told IntraFish the company began selling its first shipment of whole gutted, gilled and scaled (GGS) tilapia in a retail clients last week across 14 distribution centers.