While the firm says it is satisfied the Norwegian salmon industry and the European Commission (EC) agreed on a provisional MIP on Norwegian salmon, senior consultant Poul Melgaard Jensen does not believe the Norwegians have sold themselves off too cheaply.
“A compromise was the only possible avenue such as the situation had developed,” he told IntraFish.
Dansk Fisk is one of two fisheries' industry organizations in Denmark. It has around 60 member companies –all engaged in value-added processing (VAP) of seafood. Dansk Fisk belongs to the union Dansk Industri, similar to Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) in Norway.
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