FISHERIES POLICY OF ICELAND

Fisheries has recently been very exploited area in the Croatian media, either regarding the EU accession negotiations or regarding the interrelationships of the involved parties within Croatia. Iceland is one of the strongest fishery nations in the world that passed through some heavy struggles to p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tomislav Treer, Ossur Skarphedinsson
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Croatian
Published: Sciendo 2008
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/9803747c666745f8988a5cc8a9f7fdef
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Summary:Fisheries has recently been very exploited area in the Croatian media, either regarding the EU accession negotiations or regarding the interrelationships of the involved parties within Croatia. Iceland is one of the strongest fishery nations in the world that passed through some heavy struggles to protect its fishery grounds (so called “fishery or cod wars”). Therefore its experience in fisheries can be useful when creating Croatian fishery policy. So, the aim of this article is to present the Statement on Responsible Fisheries in Iceland signed by all the parties involved in the Icelandic fishery industry.