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The biological stock index of Icelandic cod has grown for five years in a row; there hasn’t been more cod in Icelandic fishing grounds since 1985, as reported by the Icelandic Marine Research Institute last week.
Icelandic cod. Copyright: Icelandic Photo Agency.
The figures are based on research conducted in March. The Marine Research Institute’s director Jóhann Sigurjónsson told ruv.is that this news is pleasing and proof that the institute’s measures of restriction are delivering results.
Since 2007 cod fishing has been reduced to guarantee the stock’s growth.
Minister of Fisheries Steingrímur J. Sigfússon said the improved condition of the cod stock indicates that the fishing quota may be increased to 200,000 tons next season.
However, Jóhann stressed that further research is necessary to confirm the cod stock’s recovery.
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The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved new names for nine craters on Mercury including one for Icelandic littereture Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness.
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A petition urging the government to reconsider a proposed bill, in which the terms of the law requiring fishing companies to pay a tariff for their use of Iceland’s fishing resources are to be changed, has been signed by more than 11,000 people.
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Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson is meeting with Prime Minister of Sweden Frederik Reinfeldt today, 
A three-meter long walrus was discovered on the shores by Eyri in the town of Reyðarfjörður in East Iceland yesterday.
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The 2013 June-July issue of Iceland Review is out. Themed ‘We Are Young’ the magazine celebrates the arrival of summer by interviewing young energetic Icelanders who excel in art, sports, business and politics—and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, the youngest PM in the republic’s history and the world’s youngest ruling state leader. Click here to take a look at a selection of the current issue and here to subscribe to the magazine.
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The road to Höfn, a 1,690-person harbor town by the fjord Hornafjörður, is lined with reindeer. Whole herds of the wild horned animals rest peacefully on withered pastures, grace next to sheep and horses and bounce along the road. Soon, Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier and the region’s biggest attraction, comes into view. Looming over Höfn, its outlet glaciers flow down from the mountains on which the bright white icecap rests.
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Sin Fang will celebrate the release of his third album with a release concert in Iðnó on June 12. Flowers was released in February by Morr Music and has been well received by music enthusiasts and critics alike. The concert will be supported by Vök, this year’s winners of the Icelandic Music Experiments.
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