date:Jan 09, 2014
ces by the Norwegian seafood industry, which counts Russia as its top export market at $940 million in 2013.
The ban affects 485 Norwegian exporters of whitefish and pelagic fish -- salmon and trout exports were not covered under the boycott.
The move came after the Russian agency said in April it had found parasitic round worms in cod livers and the Listeria bacteria in fresh, chilled fish.
Aspaker told Norwegian news agency NTB Monday a dialogue between the Norwegian Food Safety Authority a