Faroese launch WTO dispute over fishing restrictions
The Faroe Islands have gone to the World Trade Organization to challenge an EU ban on importing Faroese mackerel and herring and restrictions on the i...
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Men struggle to find local brides in Faroe Islands
With 2,000 more males than females living in the Faroe Islands, men are having to import brides just to sustain society, a Danish TV station has claim...
EU discuss mackerel quotas
European Union mackerel fishermen have held the first round of talks with EU Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki over mackerel quotas issues in Brus...
Sea Shepherd targets Faroe Islands whale hunt
The conservation activist organization, Sea Shepherd, have announced plans to disrupt or stop the Faroe Island annual whale hunt tradition, known loca...
Iceland and Faroese complain about EU fish sanction threats
Iceland’s Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson has claimed the European Union’s ongoing campaign of threats is against international fish quota...
Iceland PM battles EU mackerel sanctions
Iceland’s prime minister has stated he believes that the European Commission will not enforce sanctions because of the country’s overfishing of macker...
New Marine Stewardship Council heads for Iceland, Greenland
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has appointed a new Senior Fishery Outreach Manager for Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
EU increases pressure on Iceland amid mackerel fishing row
EU officials have agreed on a new measure that could ban Icelandic fisherman from European ports. The move came in Brussels on Tuesday as tensions con...