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Iceland upset over Greenland’s mackerel interest

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By SeafoodSource staff
15 August, 2012 - The Icelandic government believes it may harm the interests of Icelanders if landing of mackerel caught in Greenlandic waters is permitted. Greenland might thus demand to be party in the mackerel talks and request the EU’s recognition as a mackerel coastal state.

There are different views on what impact it will have on the negotiations on the mackerel fishing quota that the fish stock has started migrating into Greenlandic territory. Some say it will complicate the dispute but others believe it may strengthen Iceland’s position, ruv.is reports.

The mackerel quota dispute between Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway and the European Union has been ongoing for several years with no solution in sight as to how the quota should be shared.

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