MariCal-Blue Ridge cobia stars on 'Iron Chef'

The cobia, developed through a joint venture of MariCal of Portland, Maine, and Blue Ridge Aquaculture of Martinsville, Va., was selected as the secret ingredient on the "Iron Chef America" episode where British chef Jamie Oliver competed against Mario Batali.

The cobia were grown and harvested in Saltville, Va., by the joint venture company Virginia Cobia Farms, owned by MariCal and Blue Ridge Aquaculture, which supplied Food Network with fresh cobia fillets for cooking, and with a variety of live fish to swim in a tank near the chefs as they worked.

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