UK consumers seek £382m from salmon producers in price-fixing case

The lawsuit claims the alleged cartel’s behaviour drove up the price of farmed Atlantic salmon by as much as 20% above the levels it would otherwise have been. Photograph: Matt Writtle/EPA

A legal firm is seeking £382m on behalf of British consumers from some of the world’s largest salmon producers, which are accused of price fixing.

Legal action filed this week at the competition appeal tribunal said UK consumers overpaid for at least four years because of alleged breaches of competition law by the fish firms Mowi and its subsidiary Mowi Holdings, SalMar, Lerøy, Scottish Sea Farms and Grieg.