Scientists have yet to agree on why thousands of dead herring have washed up on a Norwegian beach in the last week.
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Mass herring death a mystery in Norway
Posted on 08 January 2012.
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Icelandic fishermen “throwing very little by-catch away”
Posted on 08 December 2011.
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.
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Small decrease in Icelandic fish catch value
Posted on 21 July 2011.
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.
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23 tonnes of fish cover north Iceland road
Posted on 13 July 2011.
A lorry in Iceland yesterday spilled around 23 tonnes of fish onto the Route 1 highway because of a road traffic accident.
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Skyrocketing mackerel numbers around Iceland blamed for puffin crash
Posted on 29 June 2011.
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.
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Icelandic volcano merchandise and living fish
Posted on 30 May 2011.
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.
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Iceland cod stock seems to be growing
Posted on 16 May 2011.
The head of Iceland’s Marine Research Institute (Hafro) says that stock measurements indicate the country’s cod stock is getting stronger.
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Iceland “could create up to 1500 more fish processing jobs”
Posted on 17 March 2011.
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.
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