date:Dec 13, 2012
Norways Fisheries and Coastal Affairs is considering amending the rules for ownership, allowing salmon farms to own more than 25 percent of the sectors total standing biomass.
In July of this year, the regulations were deemed in violation of European Economic Area rules, with Norway not being able to prove that ownership ceilings are suitable or necessary.
Marine Harvest, which in 2010 took part in a complaint filed with the European Free Trade Agreements Surveillance Authority (EPA), arguing