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TOUGH new quarantine measures expected this week for cheap imported prawns are designed to protect the domestic industry, not the consumer, importers claim.

"We're getting screwed politically," said Harry Peters, chairman of the industry body, Australian Seafood Importers Association.

The group's 40 members handle about 80 per cent of seafood imports and source products from nations including China, Thailand, Vietnam and Norway. It warns that if more onerous tests for diseases that infect prawns, not people, are required, China, Vietnam and Thailand will pursue the case with the World Trade Organisation. "They've already discussed this with the WTO in Geneva last month," Mr Peters claimed.
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By: Leigh Dayton - The Australian