High volumes of salmon are putting pressure on prices of Norwegian salmon for the coming week, and are expected to see a minor decline compared to levels seen last Friday.

The drop, however, is no greater than NOK 0.50 (€0.06/$0.07) week-on-week, industry sources canvassed by IntraFish said.

Sizes of 3-4 kilograms are seeing the biggest pressure, on the back of higher slaughter volumes.

"It's a bit down because the market didn’t quite take up the volumes this week," one exporter IntraFish talked to said.

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