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Iceland’s Mackerel Share Recognised For First Time
On December 16, representatives from Iceland, Norway, the UK, and Faroe Islands signed an agreement on the division and control of the North Atlantic mackerel stock. Iceland’s share is 12.5 percent of the total catch limit, reads a press announcement from the…
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Lost In Google Translation: Dude, Where’s My Carp?
Imagine you’re laid out, soaking up some rays in the lovely green area of Elliðaárdalur, living your absolute best life when, out of nowhere, the skies darken. You squint through your extended hand to see a large dark mass travelling across the…
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Fishing Artefacts Found In Seyðisfjörður
Remains of an old sea shop may have been uncovered during an archeological excavation in Seyðisfjörður over the summer, reports RÚV. 200-year old mills have also been discovered on the site, but the potential uncovering of a sea shop is much more…
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Fishrot Files: The Response In Iceland So Far
Samherji CEO Þorsteinn Már Baldvinsson has temporarily stepped down from his post, RÚV reports, while investigations are being conducted in the wake of the revelations being brought to light by the Fishrot Files—an exposé by Wikileaks and numerous media outlets showing how…
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Icelandic Fishing Company Engaged In Bribery, Tax Evasion, Plundering African Resources
Some 30,000 documents published by Wikileaks as The Fishrot Files, and subsequently reported on by Stundin, RÚV’s investigative news programme Kveikur, Al-Jazeera and The Namibian, show that Samherji, Iceland’s largest fishing company, has for years been engaging in bribery of public officials…
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A Pink But Toxic Gold-Rush
The controversial salmon farming industry In the past decade, the fjords of Iceland have been the site of a gold rush as ambitious promoters have rushed to draw up plans and apply for permits to fill every fjord to capacity with open…
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Fishing At Elliðavatn: Tight Lines, Tangled Lines
I was baffled when my son came to me one day and told me that he wanted to go out fishing. Until then, Ólafur Grettir, aged 11 and much like his father, had no interest in sports; like most preteens in the…
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Iceland’s Fishing Minister: No Plans For “All-Seeing Eye” Within Government
A proposed drone surveillance plan for Iceland’s fishing fleet has provoked a strong response from the Confederation of Iceland Enterprise (SA), prompting Minister of Fisheries Kristján Þór Júlíusson to give some perspective on the idea. A draft of a government bill would…
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President Of Iceland Says Icelanders Should Stop Joking About Global Warming
During the World Ocean Summit held in Mexico last weekend, President of Iceland Guðni Th. Jóhannesson said it’s time for Icelanders to stop joking about global warming. Instead, he said, Icelanders need to start taking into account the serious consequences we’ll face…
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Inside Small-Town Icelandic Life In ‘690 Vopnafjörður’
No frills and bare bones, ‘690 Vopnafjörður’ documents everyday life in a small fishing village in Iceland. Director Karna Sigurðardóttir and cinematographer Sebastian Ziegler have beautifully demonstrated the highs and lows of living in a community of fewer than 700 people. 600 kilometers away from Reykjavík, Vopnafjörður thrives…
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Blast From The Past: Siglufjörður’s Herring Bust
The quiet northern town of Siglufjörður is an Icelandic capitalism in miniature: it went through a period of great prosperity based on a single industry, then experienced financial collapse, and despite all this, the architects of the town are honoured for their…
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Increase In Number Of Hunted Whales
The number of hunted whales is expected to rise compared to last year, RÚV reports. Whaler Gunnar Bergman Jónsson hopes to catch around 50 mink whales this summer—4 more than in 2016. Summer, bloody summer The uncooperative weather that has plagued the…
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The Silver Of The Sea: Siglufjörður’s Living Dioramas
A herring might not be suitable for cutting down the mightiest tree in the forest, but don’t underestimate its power: for much of the 20th century, herring proved it could make or break a whole community. The Herring Era Museum, in Siglufjörður,…
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Seal Population Down 77% Since 1980
Iceland’s seal population has decreased by a third in the last six years and is at dangerously low levels, reports RÚV. According to a new report by Iceland’s Marine Research Institute, the seal stock has depleted by 77% since they first began…
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Solution May Be Soon At Hand In Fishermen’s Labour Dispute
The Ministry of Fisheries recently met with fishing unions and fishing company representatives in the hopes of resolving a strike that has been going on for about two months now. RÚV reports that Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir met…
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Iceland’s Seamen Are About To Go On Strike
Workers in one of Iceland’s largest industries are about to walk out, having been without a contract for six years, and with management proposing to cut their salaries further. DV reports that the vast majority of unionised seamen voted in favour of…
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Major Fishing Industry Strike In The Works
Iceland’s largest industry may come to a halt this November, as seamen are aiming to go on strike that month if no settlement can be reached between labour and management. Vísir reports that Iceland’s seamen have been working without a valid collective…
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Fish And Whaling Chiefs Go Fishing With Russian Officials
Captains of Icelandic industry – including fishing giant HB Grandi and whaling company Hvalur hf. – recently took Russia’s Assistant Foreign Minister and others on a sea fishing trip, and both companies have a lot at stake where relations with Russia are…
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VIDEO: A Fishing Nation
Grapevine’s resident videographer Timothée Lambrecq and his brother Camille took a road trip to Ísafjörður recently, hoping to make a film about the day to day lives of Iceland’s fishermen. The two went down to the docks in Bolungarvík at 5:30am, where…
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President Receives Fishing Quota Petition
President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson said he would “have the petition in mind” in the event fishing quota legislation passed across his desk, as he was handed over 53,000 signatures calling upon him to stand by his word of referring fishing quota legislation…
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Fishing Quota Petition To Go To President
A petition calling for major fishing quota laws to be put up for referendum will soon conclude, and will then go to President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. The petition, Þjóðareign (“National Resource”), has concluded with just over 51,000 signatures – about 21% of…
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Iceland Struggles To Settle The Fishing Quota Dispute
While much of the media at home and abroad has been paying attention to Iceland’s booming tourist industry, fishing remains a pillar of the country’s economy. At the heart of fishing in Iceland is the quota system. Ostensibly a means to prevent…
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Women Have Always Made Waves Here: Unearthing The History of Iceland’s Female Sea Workers
Born in 1777 and out to sea by 1788, Captain Þuríður was a legend among Iceland’s seafarers. Þuríður brought in the largest catches, read the weather as keen as a bird and fished for 60 years without losing a single crewmem- ber.…