The refusal took Röst by surprise, but the mayor of Kjósarhreppur is happy.

The refusal caught the director of Rastar by surprise. In a written response to a press release, she pointed out that both the Marine Research Institute and the Environment and Energy Agency had recommended that the research permit be granted. "It is clear that this is a safe study," she says, noting that "the Marine Research Institute and the Environment and Energy Agency consider the scientific value of the study to be unequivocal, without it …