The President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, yesterday gave the opening address at the World Oceans Summit in Singapore.
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Icelandic president opens international oceans summit
Posted on 24 February 2012.
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Newly discovered Icelandic ocean current challenges climate change ideas
Posted on 24 August 2011.
Scientists have recently confirmed the existence of a deep-flowing ocean circulation system off Iceland which could make the ocean respond differently to climate change than previously thought.
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Icelandic cod stocks: cautious optimism
Posted on 21 November 2009.
The 2008 cod stock in Icelandic waters was the strongest it has been since annual research trips began in the autumn of 1996; but preliminary figures this year are slightly less optimistic.
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Concerns over market for Icelandic whale meat in Japan
Posted on 03 September 2009.
Arni Finnsson, chairman of the Nature Conservation Union of Iceland, said it will prove very expensive to get Icelandic fin whale meat to market in Japan. It is out of the question that the Icelandic government is in a position to supplement the whaling industry with the extra hundreds of millions of kronur it has [...]
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