The deputy chairman of the European Union fisheries committee wants the fisheries ministers of Iceland and the Faroe Islands to be called urgently to Brussels in order to negotiate a solution to the escalating mackerel fishing dispute. Read the full story

“Stop buying cod except that which comes from the Arctic Ocean or from Iceland.” These are the words of an appeal from the independent French seafood organisation, L’Alliance produits de la mer. Read the full story

Fisheries are of great importance to the Icelandic nation, and using marine resources sustainably is essential to the country’s economy – even more so during times of global financial turmoil.

Iceland was the first country to impose strict fishing quotas, and therefore has one of the most sustainable fishing stocks in the Western world. As cod catches in much of Europe have crashed Read the full story