date:Apr 25, 2014
stimate that 20-30 per cent of the overall Northeast Atlantic mackerel stock is found in Icelands EEZ during its feeding season. The stock gains an estimated 50 per cent of its weight while in Iceland's nutrient-rich waters.
In recent years Iceland's share of the total mackerel catch by the Coastal States (Iceland, the EU, Norway and the Faroe Islands) and Russia and Greenland has been approximately 16-17 per cent. The other three Coastal States have agreed between themselves significantly high