Haukur Bjornsson, the CEO of Icelandic pelagic fishing and processing company Askja and Haukur Jonsson, the manager of the company’s meal plant in Eskifjord, have both left their jobs after Jonsson was featured giving his opinions on farmed salmon in a documentary attacking the industry shown on Swedish television.
“The f**king fish eat my meal. I don’t like farmed salmon. It’s too fat,” were amongst the things he said to the television crew.
The principal shareholder and chairman of Askja, Torsteinn Kristjansson, told IntraFish Jonsson no longer had a job with the company.
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