Icelanders Reconsider Joining the EU. What Could It Mean for Fisheries?
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Icelanders reconsider joining the EU. What could it mean for fisheries?
Iceland will hold referendum on August 29 on whether to reopen membership talks with the European Union. The question boils down to whether the island should cede control of its waters and risk its fishing industry in exchange for lower interest rates and a seat at Europe's table.
Iceland is holding a referendum on August 29 on whether talks on EU accession should be resumed. The country has always been polarized when it comes to joining an organization. "We have gotten away with it so far by sitting here in the middle of the ocean and doing whatever we wanted."
Fróði Isaksen from Klaskvík has lived in Iceland for 19 years. He is a sailor and here puts words on the minds of seafarers in Iceland, now that Icelanders must decide whether Iceland should take up negotiations with the EU, on Icelandic EU membership. It is especially access to what is today Icelandic waters, management of the Icelandic fishing industry and quota allocation that lies at the forefront of the minds of Icelandic seafarers at the …
REYKJAVIK: One week before the referendum, the EU debate in Iceland is intensifying.
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Iceland’s fishing industry cites Ireland’s EU experience as it warns membership could threaten quotas, processing jobs and coastal economies. Ireland’s experience under the European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy has been cited by Iceland’s fishing industry as a warning of what could lie ahead if the Nordic island nation joins the bloc. The country’s seaf…
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