The first Alþingi debate of the new bill on fisheries management ran on and on yesterday evening; not finishing until 03.30. The matter was referred to committee, which will be followed by another parliamentary debate.
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Iceland’s new fishing bill debated long into the night
Posted on 29 March 2012.
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New Icelandic fishing bill ready for parliamentary debate
Posted on 27 March 2012.
Both of Iceland’s ruling coalition parties voted to pass the government’s new fisheries bill at their meetings yesterday. The bill will therefore be put to Alþingi for debate later this week.
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Fatal accident on Icelandic fishing trawler
Posted on 21 March 2012.
A man died this morning aboard a fishing boat in the Ísafjarðardjúp fjord system in northwest Iceland.
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New ‘mackerel war’ negotiations taking place in Iceland
Posted on 15 February 2012.
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries, has told the media that he is optimistic for a positive outcome to new mackerel negotiations which began in Reykjavík yesterday.
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Old Iceland fisheries minister sacked marine research head on last day
Posted on 03 January 2012.
Jón Bjarnason, Iceland’s former Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, appointed a new chairman at the Marine Research Institute the day before he was sacked from the cabinet.
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Icelandic fisheries minister seems to be on the line, but says his job secure
Posted on 29 November 2011.
The Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Jón Bjarnason, may lose his cabinet position for having prepared and made public a controversial new bill without consulting the rest of the government. The lack of comment from both coalition party leaders is not being interpreted as positive for Jón’s future.
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Greenland and Faroe Islands agree shared fishing quotas for next year
Posted on 18 November 2011.
Greenland and the Faroe Islands have agreed on how much Greenlandic fishermen can catch in Faroese waters in 2012, and how much the Faroese fishing fleet will be able to take from Greenland’s waters.
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Iceland’s Westfjords experiencing sudden fish boom
Posted on 28 October 2011.
The seas off the Westfjords region of Iceland have been teeming with an unusual number of fish in recent weeks and the town of Bolungarvik has not processed greater volumes of catch in over ten years.
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