Iceland halts its commercial lobster harvest
Iceland's marine research institute believes almost no new lobsters have been born since 2010.
February 17, 2020
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Populations of Norway lobster in Iceland are on the verge of disappearing, that country’s marine research institute has warned, after recording a 20 percent decrease in population size between 2016 and 2019.
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