Further information

Documents on the web

• Annual report on status of marine stocks from the Marine Research Institute - english version
• - More detailed Icelandic version of the same report, text under tables and figures are both in Icelandic and English 

• Other reports from the Marine Research Institute - Hafrannsóknir
• Bottom trawling and scallop dredging in the Arctic

Web pages - Icelandic

• The Marine Research Institute – estimates on stock status and recommendations on catch quotas.
• The Environmental Agency of Iceland – Wildlife management, including seabirds.
• The Icelandic Seal Centre
• Húsavík Whale Museum
• Fauna.is - Images of Icelandic animals and plants

Web pages - International

• International Whaling Commission
• The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission

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