East Coast Importer Says Cod Buyers Using Other Suppliers as Iceland's Fishermen's Strike Persists
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Iceland Review] by Vala Hafstad - February 3, 2017
It could take Icelandic fish exporters many years to win back their US market share, according to an importer of fish in Boston, RÚV reports.
The Icelandic fishermen’s strike has been ongoing for six weeks. A negotiating meeting is planned for today, but many issues remain to be solved.
RÚV asked the negotiating parties to give them and estimate of how much the fishermen’s demands are likely to cost the fisheries. Those would be demands on top of those made by their representatives in their last contract, against which the fishermen voted in December. Those additional demands include free meals, free clothing, and free communication up to a certain point, having a fishermen’s discount on taxes reinstated, and an increased fishermen’s share in the value of the catch...
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