The fleet of the Federation of Icelandic Fishing Vessel Owners (LÍÚ) is currently docked at the country’s piers in protest of the government’s bill on changes to the fisheries control system and fishing tariffs.
Chairman of LÍÚ Friðrik J. Arngrímsson calls for a solution that parties of interest and specialists in the industry can agree to, Fréttablaðið reports.
“I am not familiar with having rejected meetings with fishing vessel operators,” said Minister of Fisheries Steingrímur J. Sigfússon. “I will not be coerced […] and will neither let people benefit nor suffer from actions that I myself find questionable.”
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