Scientists have yet to agree on why thousands of dead herring have washed up on a Norwegian beach in the last week. Read the full story

There has been a significant reduction in the quantity of Icelandic-caught fish being thrown back into the sea when fish of the wrong size are accidentally caught, or when the boat does not hold a quota for a particular species which ends up in its nets. Read the full story

The total commercial catch of Icelandic fishing vessels amounted to ISK 46.1 billion (EUR 277.7 million) in the first four months of 2011 compared with ISK 46.5 billion at the same point last year. Read the full story

A lorry in Iceland yesterday spilled around 23 tonnes of fish onto the Route 1 highway because of a road traffic accident. Read the full story

Increasing sea temperature and growing mackerel numbers around Iceland are having a direct impact on the collapse of sand eel populations upon which birds like puffins and Arctic terns depend. Read the full story

In the latest news from the volcano clean-up in Iceland, it has come to light that less damage has been done to fish farms than had been feared; and that Grimsvotn tourist merchandise is already flying off the shelves just a week after the volcano blew. Read the full story

The head of Iceland’s Marine Research Institute (Hafro) says that stock measurements indicate the country’s cod stock is getting stronger. Read the full story

The Icelandic nation could benefit by ISK six billion (EUR 37.1 million) a year if all its fish catches were landed and processed domestically. So says the head of the country’s fish processors’ and exporters’ association. Read the full story

When Eyraroddi went bankrupt recently, the future of the whole town of Flateyri was thrown into doubt. The tiny town in the Westfjords of Iceland depends on fishing and fish processing and without a fish factory, the town faces possible extinction. Read the full story

Icelandic halibut made international headlines last year as a group of German fishermen caught a record breaker. In fact, it is because of the monster flatfish that foreign tourists flock to the country to try their luck. Now experts are calling for a fishing ban, saying the stock is too small. Read the full story