Controversy erupts over decision allowing Norwegian salmon farmers to export lower-grade fish

Norwegian Food Safety Authority calls the controversial move 'an extraordinary situation.'

Leroy and Mowi were the first to be granted an exemption to the ban on the export of "production fish." — Leroy and Mowi were the first to be granted an exemption to the ban on the export of "production fish."Photo: Leroy Seafood Group

Anders Furuset

Mowi Leroy Seafood Group Norway Farmed salmon Norwegian Food Safety Authority

Published 26 March 2020, 05:19Updated 26 March 2020, 11:53