. >> reporter: brussels banned faroese mackerel.rime minister was only too happy to take his business elsewhere. >> we were boycotted just before, out of e.u. and if you are boycotted from e.u. where should you go in if e.u. is locking their harbor for us because we're not reaching an agreement, then we need to find other markets, as we are doing business as usual. >> reporter: the faros upped both production and price by year end fres sammon sales to russia has increased almost 700%. and many were happy to see their tiny nation exercising its trade independence from the e.u. >> we are not allowed to sell there. so we look for new markets, and there was russia. >> no one should tell us where we shall sell our salmon. if we decide to sell to russia i believe that is the best. >> it will not help the faroe people the e.u. so why should little nation the faroe island have to do? >> reporter: the farmed salmon thrive in the perfect north atlantic conditions. >> our company is producing salmon to the very high-end consumer market around

. >> reporter: in 2013, brussels banned faroese mackerel. prime minister who had lobbied moscow hard was only too happy to take his business elsewhere. >> we are doing business with russia, and we were boycotted just before out of e.u. and if you are boycotted from e.u., where should you go in if e.u. is locking their harbor for us, because we are not reaching an agreement on the north atlantic, then we need to find other markets, and we are doing business as usual. >> reporter: the faros upped both production and price. which year end fresh salmon sales to russia had increased by almost 700%. and many faroese were happy to see the nation exercising its independence from the e.u. >> we looked for a new market and there was russia. >> no one should tell us where we shall sell salmon. if we decide to sell to russia i believe that's the best for us to do. >> we are not help the faroe island people, the e.u. so why should a little nation the faroe island help the e.u.? >> reporter: the farmed salmon thrive in perfect north atlantic conditions. >

. >> brussels had banned faroese mackerel.they were only too happy to take their business elsewhere. >> we were boycotted just outside of e.u. if e.u. is locking their harbor for us because we're not reaching an agreement in the north atlanta then we need to find other markets and we're doing business as usual. >> the fares's production and price up by year end sales greenser increased 700%, and many faroese were happy to see their tiny nation to exercise independence from e.u. >> we look for new market, and there was russia. >> no one should tell us where we should sell. if we decide to sell to russia, that's the best for us to do. >> we will not have the faroe islands people a little nation. >> our company is producing salmon to the high end consumer market around the world. we're looking for high end fishing restaurant all over the world, and they're there between moscow also, an interesting market for us. >> since september of last year russia has received almost all of its fresh salmon from these waters in the pharaoh isl