Waterside Class Limited has brought this claim to compensate consumers who it alleges have suffered loss because various salmon producers – Mowi ASA (and its subsidiary, Mowi Holding AS), SalMar ASA, Lerøy Seafood Group ASA, Grieg Seafood ASA and Scottish Sea Farms Limited – unlawfully colluded to increase the price of farmed Atlantic salmon. These salmon producers are all members of group that are leading producers in the global farmed Atlantic salmon market, and major suppliers of farmed Atlantic salmon to UK retailers.

Waterside alleges that these salmon producers illegally formed an association (also known as a “cartel”) to artificially inflate the price of farmed Atlantic salmon by up to 20%, and used their combined market power to achieve that outcome. This alleged misconduct resulted in UK consumers paying more than they should have for farmed Atlantic salmon.

The allegations in this claim are also the subject of a regulatory investigation in the EU, a proposed claim in the UK by UK-based supermarket retailers, and class actions in both the US and Canada (in which settlements have been reached).

The proposed class of individuals that this claim is being brought on behalf of includes people who, between 1 October 2015 and 31 May 2019, purchased “Salmon Products” for the purpose of “Personal Consumption” from “Grocery Retailers” in the United Kingdom. For more details about who is included in the claim and definitions of the italicised terms, see the FAQs.

To learn more about Waterside’s claim and your rights in relation to the claim, please see the FAQs.