Want to Reject Coastal Fishing Bill

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A minority in the Business Committee wants to refer the bill on coastal fishing back to the government. The bill is to guarantee 48 fishing days for coastal fishing this year. The proposal is signed by Njáll Trausti Friðbertsson and Jón Gunnarsson, MPs of the Independence Party, and Bergþór Ólason, MP of the Central Party. Þórarinn Ingi Pétursson, MP of the Progressive Party and observer in the committee, also agrees with the proposal. They crit…

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Among other things, Grétar Mar Jónsson said in the Althingi: “I urge people to stop listening to the one-sided propaganda of the LÍÚ clique and follow them like dogs on a leash and bark when they are defeated.” He was referring to the minority MPs who discuss the fishing fee issue endlessly. Lilja Rafney Magnúsdóttir, Grétar’s party sister, was a guest on Samstöðir’s Fréttatíma program yesterday. She was asked about Grétar’s comments and whether…

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No issue has been debated for as long as Minister of Industry and Trade Hanna Katrín Friðriksson's fishing fee bill. The issue has been under discussion for a total of over 147 hours, taking first place from the previous record holder, which was the third energy package.

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Another debate on the Minister of Industry's coastal fishing bill was the first item on the Althingi agenda this morning, but the bill is to ensure 48 days for coastal fishing. Hopes that the bill will have an easy passage through another debate "We are following it very closely and were just listening to it this morning. I now expect nothing but that the bill will have an easy passage through the parliament," says Örn Pálsson, managing director…