Iceland does its part for the refugee crisis
Up to 100 refugees from Syria and other conflict zones may find a home in Iceland this year, as the government announces plans and budget to accommoda...
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 bans halibut fishing outright amid stock level fears
All fishing for halibut around Iceland will be banned from 1st January amid ongoing stock decline.
Greenland and Faroe Islands agree shared fishing quotas for next year
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 fl...
Iceland’s Westfjords experiencing sudden fish boom
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 pro...
Diplomacy and science interact in Iceland mackerel debate
Sensitive EU-Icelandic discussions on mackerel fishing are reportedly going well, according to head of the Icelandic delegation, Tomas H. Heidar.
EU sanctions against Iceland and Faroes over mackerel dispute?
The deputy chairman of the European Union fisheries committee wants the fisheries ministers of Iceland and the Faroe Islands to be called urgently to ...
Iceland cod quota nearly finished: attention turns to haddock
Iceland’s national cod quota for this fishing year, which was 130,000 tonnes, is over 90 percent finished with fully two months left. On the oth...