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Construction temporarily halted after surfers' appeal - RÚV.is Construction work on a land reclamation project off the coast of Þorlákshöfn in South Iceland has been halted, until the Environmental and Natural Resources Appeals Committee has reviewed an appeal by...

Great news for Iceland’s surf community & coastal ecosystems! 🏄‍♂️🌊 Thanks to the efforts of local surfers & activists, construction that threatened one of the best breaks has been halted—for now. Protecting waves means protecting nature! #SaveTheWaves #Iceland www.ruv.is/english/2025...

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Vissir þú að 50% af súrefni heimsins er framleitt í höfunum? Þó margir telji að regnskógar sé helsta uppsprettan, þá eru það í raun svifþörungar, þang og aðrar ljóstillífandi lífverur í hafinu sem gegna þessu mikilvæga hlutverki.

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Yes that is very true! Plenty of areas could be considered as OECMs and Iceland’s fisheries management is good! But we can’t forget that we have signed the Global Biodiversity Framework and therefore need to get this number up to 30%, be it with MPAs or OECMs, to fulfil our commitments.

OECMs cover 1.6% of the Icelandic EEZ bringing this number up to… well 1.67%… out of 30%. But we are hopeful!

Evidence of spillover benefits from large-scale marine protected areas to purse seine fisheries Global tuna fisheries are valued at more than $40 billion, with the majority of this value derived from purse seine fisheries. Recently created large-scale marine protected areas are potentially big e...

Who would’ve thought MPAs were the way to go for biodiversity AND fisheries?

Well we do. And that’s why we need to change the situation in Iceland. MPAs currently cover 0.07% of Iceland’s EEZ.

We are on a mission to get this number up to AT LEAST 30% 🌊🌍🇮🇸

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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