Fishing Fees, Profits and Actual Results

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The SFS's fight against the adjustment of fishing fees has yielded little success among the public. Perhaps this is because the argument that the government's policy is an attack on the country's fishing industry has received little support. The dispute is not about the fishing industry. The public is aware of the importance of the fishing industry and believes it is well run, but is not satisfied that the profits from the fishing resources go a…

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Inga Sæland, Minister of Social Affairs and Acting Prime Minister, presented arguments in a speech in the Althingi yesterday as to why she believed that higher fishing fees would result in higher local government revenues.

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Hanna Katrín Friðriksson, Minister of Industry, says that the fishing fee bill will be completed in this session. She is not saying how long it will take this summer. "It is always good to reach agreements. It will never be done at the expense of the public." Hanna Katrín says that the government knew that a drama would be set in motion when a long-overdue adjustment to the fishing fee was taken. The Minister of Industry says that there will be …

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Guðmundur Fertram Sigurjónsson says the government's proposed changes to the fishing fee can be compared to a Soviet-style asset seizure. He says that the Westfjords have seen enormous economic growth in recent years, but the government's plans will reduce the region's tax contribution and weaken the settlements.