The Icelandic government is facing continued opposition from the country’s fishing industry as it plans to revamp its 1984 fishing laws in an attempt to claw back control of the economy.
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Iceland government and fishing industry battle for control of the seas
Posted on 06 June 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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Iceland and Faroe Islands threatened over mackerel dispute with EU
Posted on 20 March 2012.
The EU plans to bring forward its decision on sanctions against Iceland and the Faroe Islands over the ongoing mackerel dispute. Irish officials say it will be difficult to discuss fishing in Iceland’s accession talks before the dispute is resolved.
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Capelin fishing off Iceland “going extremely well”
Posted on 27 February 2012.
Fishing for capelin in Icelandic waters has been going exceptionally well in recent days. Many huge shoals of the small fish were being fished from off the Reykjanes peninsula at the weekend.
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Iceland ‘mackerel war’ negotiations end in failure
Posted on 17 February 2012.
This week’s Reykjavík mackerel fishing negotiations between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one side and the EU and Norway on the other have ended without agreement and with the EU’s fishing chief blaming Icelandic and Faroese unwillingness to properly engage in negotiations.
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Iceland’s resources debate: fighting whom for what?
Posted on 04 February 2012.
Former Icelandic government minister Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (1987-95) says that the battle for Iceland’s natural resources is not against the European Union and that is a purely domestic fight, he told a conference.
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Iceland bans halibut fishing outright amid stock level fears
Posted on 24 December 2011.
All fishing for halibut around Iceland will be banned from 1st January amid ongoing stock decline.
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First food powered fishing ship makes successful trial in Iceland
Posted on 16 December 2011.
Björgólfur EA 312, an Icelandic freezing trawler, returned to its home port of Dalvík this week after a trip propelled by Icelandic-made fuel, called Lífsdísill (life diesel) – made from fats and oils wasted in food production.
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