The strategic partnership Norwegian salmon supplier Marine Harvest entered into with Danish processor Espersen in early March, was a "natural culmination" of the work the two companies have been doing for "quite some years," said John Paul McGinley, COO of sales at Marine Harvest.

Speaking to IntraFish on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) in Bergen, Norway, he said Espersen will "exclusively" supply chilled whitefish products -- and especially cod -- to Marine Harvest.

Marine Harvest is buying the products "in bulk," packaging them at its own factories and then selling them on to retail customers in Europe.

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