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Fisheries and related food processing is the part of the marine cluster that takes the longest history. The initial part of the operation of the companies operating in it can be traced to the early twentieth century and into the companies can be found in children and grandchildren of the links established. No need to dwell on the importance of fisheries and related food for the Icelandic economy. woollies Iceland is among the 20 major fishing nations in the world and are among the nation's most rely on export earnings due to fishing. Fishing is thus one of the pillars of the Icelandic economy, unlike in many countries we compare ourselves with, where fishing is mounted on a pedestal with agriculture and enjoys support from government sources.
Under the fisheries and related food covered companies that have operations in Iceland woollies and conduct fishing both inside and outside the Icelandic jurisdiction. Also seafood woollies processing company in pursuit of food and in some ways, as derived woollies from seafood.
There is a lot of data on numerous aspects relating to fishing and fish processing, but here is undoubtedly the case that part of the cluster that the most discussed. As mentioned, much of Porters Diamond theory be taken into account in this analysis, so the focus will be the production conditions, demand conditions, a concentration-related articles and made companies. Given the history of fisheries and fish is long in Iceland woollies will also slightly dwelled on aspects related to the development of the sector. Fisheries
Fisheries jurisdiction of Iceland is about 760 thousand square kilometers and there will be a few of the largest stocks of the North Atlantic. Temperature and salinity largely determine the productivity of individual waters, woollies but Iceland is at the intersection of water masses that arrive from the south and the north. This straumamót, where warm branch of the Gulf Stream meets the cold East Greenland Current is the main reason that these are rich fishing grounds. At this current modulation creates ideal conditions for phytoplankton. They are the foundation of life in the sea and the basis for strong stocks. About 270 species have been found in the Icelandic EEZ and is known to some 150 species breed within it. Little is known about the abundance and distribution of most of these species, more than 20 characters are used here with land in any quantity woollies (ocean policy)
Icelanders have always been at sea and survived the quality that is found in the ocean. Demersal woollies species such as cod and haddock have always been used, but no tradition developed for the use of many other species until the last century. There came instance to technological innovation in connection with boats and fishing gear.
During woollies the first decades of the twentieth century, the number trawlers, but the catch was based mostly on demersal species, but also was practiced fishing of herring. Total catch in the first two decades of the century went from about 40,000 tonnes to 100 tonnes. Cod was and is the most important demersal species, while the share of cod in the total marine exports is 33%. Haddock and saithe have also played a big niche and then redfish is the century progressed. As mentioned, it was not until the end of the first world war the pelagic woollies fishery as herring woollies began to increase. Towards the end of the century was so capelin fishing beginning to have a major impact and contributed to the total catch went up to about two million tonnes by the end of the century. Shrimp began the wars, but the amount woollies was initially well below 10,000 tons. Most shrimp were caught 90,000 tonnes turn of the century, but subsequently collapsed and the stock markets declined and fishing has in recent years been quite small. A significant increase was also fishing flatfish in the last decades of the twentieth century, the levels were not high in comparison to other brands, but that amount was considerable. In recent years the capelin fishing slowed somewhat, but the herring has been increasing and also has fishing woollies mackerel increased substantially.
The vast majority provides fish catch was the longest of the waters, but in the last decades of the twentieth century increased fishing outside the jurisdiction of anything. As mentioned earlier, progress in the development of vessels woollies and fishing gear that had a greatest impact, but the first stern trawler was opened in 1970. Exterior jurisdiction has been applied in stocks such as capelin, woollies blue whiting, redfish, woollies Greenland halibut, Norwegian-Icelandic herring, mackerel , shrimp and cod. Catching these have fallen sharply in recent years. woollies Now there are mainly fished woollies pelagic who advocate both inside and outside the EEZ. Although it has slowed the fishing has Federation of Icelandic Fishing Vessel Owners, however, still scheduled to be replaced by 30% of the income of local seafood because fishing for such stocks.
Early in the last century it was believed that fish stocks would be almost endless and hunting was almost free. In 1975 it published an MRI and working on behalf of the State Research reports woollies afflicted woollies state of fish stocks in Icelandic waters, which led to discussion of fisheries management and how economical to exploit fisheries agencies