Brazilian tilapia producer GeneSeas has acquired US-based seafood distributor Tropical Aquaculture, the Sao Paulo-based company confirmed.

Tropical Aquaculture sources tilapia and other fish primarily from Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia and distributes them across the United States. Tropical Aquaculture's John Schramm confirmed the deal to IntraFish but offered no further details.

GeneSeas is currently not divulging terms of the deal but was keen to acquire Tropical Aquaculture's extensive US market distribution, the company said.

“It is in line with our strategy of increasing exports to the United States,” GeneSeas CEO Roberto Haag told IntraFish.