200 jobs lost if Iceland salmon ban approved

A Warning has gone out that the potential to create up to 200 jobs will be lost if a proposal to ban fish farming along the fjord which leads to the northern Icelandic city of Akureyri is approved. Last month the city council told the government in a surprise move that it does not want…

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Iceland community split on fish farms

ONE of Iceland’s main cities has caused a stir and political division in the region by telling the government that it does not want fish farming on the 47 mile long fjord which leads into its port. Akureyri City Council has conveyed its surprise message to Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries following a major debate. But…

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