Blue Shore, a manufacturer of healthy food products from Asian carp, is expected to create up to 66 new jobs and invest $1.3 million into the project. The company plans to sell to wholesale and retail markets in the U.S. and China.
“They're going to process Asian carp, which has been an extreme nuisance fish that's inhabiting our rivers and lakes in the area,” said Ryan Drane, President of Graves County Economic Development Corporation. “They're actually coming here with a patented process to do that and we're really excited to have them.”
Blue Shore will catch the carp in the rivers and lakes throughout western Kentucky and process the carp in a former catfish processing plant on State Route 97 in Tri City. The 11,000 square foot facility, located on 53 acres, will be operational this spring. The company also plans to add an additional 5,000 square feet of space.
Dr. Lan Chi Luu and John Crilly, two of Blue Shore's owners, also own another Asian carp company, Fin Gourmet in Paducah.
