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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10901
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) iceland

Iceland fears EU sanctions in mackerel war

Brussels, 01/08/2013 (Agence Europe) - Sigurgeir Thorgeirrson, who is responsible for relations with the European Union in fisheries and agriculture for the Icelandic government, stated on Thursday 1 August that his country should expect sanctions in the dispute on mackerel.

The two parties are completely unable to find a compromise in the mackerel war that was started by Reykjavik's decision in 2010 to increase its fishing quota, on the grounds that mackerel have reportedly migrated...