According to Dr. Kristján Thórarinsson of the Icelandic Federation of Fishing Vessel Owners, there is no let-up in the relentless pressure on retailers from green organisations.
“These organisations, including Greenpeace and WWF, have been vying to get retailers in Europe and the US to stop selling cod and haddock on the grounds that these species are overfished. There is a similar situation regarding redfish,” he says