Iceland's minister of Fisheries Jón Bjarnason placed a ban on mackerel fishing in Icelandic waters this season, effective immediately.
The decision was made when the quota of 112,000 tonnes was almost finished.
New regulations o fishing from the Norwegian-Icelandic herring stock also mean Icelandic ships can only catch herring above a latitude of 66°N and the mackerel catch cannot exceed ten per cent of the total catch in every three-week period.
Other mackerel-fishing nations have criticized Iceland for issuing a unilateral quota on mackerel this season.
Mackerel fishing halted in Iceland
But only when nearly all the quota had been taken.
Published: 10.07.2009 12:39
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