Workers pack Norwegian salmon fillets in vacuum packs at the Universal Fish Company’s seafood processing plant in Kyiv Oblast.
Ukraine has the potential to become a major processing hub for Norwegian seafood — if Norwegian producers come to trust the investment climate here.
High labor costs in Norway have forced its seafood processors to look elsewhere. Approximately 95% of fish raised in Norway is shipped abroad for processing, according to Christen Mordal, consultant for the Norwegian Seafood Council.