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The Fish War: A Lesson from Iceland
Author(s) -
GISSURARSON HANNES H.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1983.tb01510.x
Subject(s) - icelandic , government (linguistics) , fish <actinopterygii> , politics , intervention (counseling) , economic interventionism , fishery , political science , business , psychology , biology , law , philosophy , linguistics , psychiatry
The Icelandic government's attempt to manage Iceland's fish stocks and yet accommodate political pressure from a powerful producer group, the trawlermen, yields valuable lessons on the dangers of intervention: one government measure greates difficulties that promote calls for another.