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VIDEO: Why Iceland wants Scotland's fish

2013-02-11 16:38:16| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Iceland calls for a reorganisation of the international mackerel fishery as the row over Scotland's most valuable stock intensifies.

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Climate change and quotas spark new fish wars with Iceland

2013-01-26 01:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: When Graham Hall started out as a trawlerman, the port of Grimsby was crammed with so many boats local legend had it you could walk from deck to deck across the entire harbour. But just three turquoise trawlers could be spotted last week 60% of the town's remaining fleet. The Icelandic cod wars of the 1970s, when Iceland extended its fishing zones and excluded UK trawlers from territory it had previously harvested, obliterated what had, in the 50s, been the biggest fishing port in the world....

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Iceland in Christmas sales boost

2013-01-09 13:38:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Flintshire-based supermarket chain Iceland says it saw sales in the run-up to Christmas rise by 5%.

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Iceland awards first offshore oil and gas exploration licences

2013-01-08 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

Orkustofnun, the National Energy Authority of Iceland, has awarded the country's first offshore oil and gas exploration licenses on the Icelandic Continental Shelf (ICS).

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