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19/01/2004
Government protests to EU over 'cheap' salmon imports
The government will apply to the EU to put in place new measures to safeguard the Scottish salmon farming industry from surges of "cheap imports" of farmed Atlantic salmon from non-EU countries, Trade Minister Mike O'Brien announced today.
Farmed salmon from Norway, Chile and the Faroes continue to enter the British market, undercutting Scottish producers and causing economic hardship to local communities heavily dependent on fish farming, the government said. Mr O'Brien said that Norway in particular may have breached the 1997 agreement on fishing by allowing unfair overproduction of salmon.
Mike O'Brien said: "The Scottish salmon industry is important to us. It provides the consumer with sustainable and reliable supplies. Applying for the safeguard measures is not a decision that the UK government has taken lightly. We would normally strongly resist protectionism, but the salmon industry presents unique and serious problems which can only be dealt with by considering this exceptional action."
Mr O'Brien said that, having spoken to EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy last week, the British government would be seeking the assistance of the Irish government in registering their protest.
(gmcg)
Farmed salmon from Norway, Chile and the Faroes continue to enter the British market, undercutting Scottish producers and causing economic hardship to local communities heavily dependent on fish farming, the government said. Mr O'Brien said that Norway in particular may have breached the 1997 agreement on fishing by allowing unfair overproduction of salmon.
Mike O'Brien said: "The Scottish salmon industry is important to us. It provides the consumer with sustainable and reliable supplies. Applying for the safeguard measures is not a decision that the UK government has taken lightly. We would normally strongly resist protectionism, but the salmon industry presents unique and serious problems which can only be dealt with by considering this exceptional action."
Mr O'Brien said that, having spoken to EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy last week, the British government would be seeking the assistance of the Irish government in registering their protest.
(gmcg)
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