A group representing Denmark's fish farmers say Denmark Environment Minister Lea Wermelin's support for land-based fish farming over traditional netpen farming is misguided, and comes at the urging of an environmental group whose members stand to profit from the move.

"The minister wants to discontinue sea farming and force them into land-based recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS)," Niels Dalsgaard, of the trade group Danish Akvakultur, told IntraFish.