The acquisition of Chilean coho farmer Ice Val by Blumar Thursday fits perfectly in line with BluGlacier’s plans to make the product more available for its clients in the US market.
BluGlacier -- the 50/50 joint venture (JV) set up between Blumar and Ventisqueros through which they sell all their salmon going into the United States – is already seeing a “very high” acceptance of farmed coho in the US market.
The company sells Ventisqueros’ premium coho line Silverside in the United States, but the short harvest season of the species has proven a limiting factor on the potential to grow the market.
