The sea is a happy place for Icelandic fishermen
The majority of Icelandic fishermen say that they are happy in their workplace, according to a recently released poll by Gallup. The survey showed tha...
Iceland government and fishing industry battle for control of the seas
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 ...
New Icelandic fishing bill ready for parliamentary debate
Both of Iceland’s ruling coalition parties voted to pass the government’s new fisheries bill at their meetings yesterday. The bill will th...
Iceland and Faroe Islands threatened over mackerel dispute with EU
The EU plans to bring forward its decision on sanctions against Iceland and the Faroe Islands over the ongoing mackerel dispute. Irish officials say i...
Capelin fishing off Iceland “going extremely well”
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 of...
Iceland ‘mackerel war’ negotiations end in failure
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 en...
Iceland’s resources debate: fighting whom for what?
Former Icelandic government minister Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson (1987-95) says that the battle for Iceland’s natural resources is not against the ...
Iceland bans halibut fishing outright amid stock level fears
All fishing for halibut around Iceland will be banned from 1st January amid ongoing stock decline.