Carry On Icelandic: Culture [selections] (2004)
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Auðlindin í sjónum - The Riches of the Sea
Auðlindin í sjónum
Miðin umhverfis Ísland eru einhver hin gjöfulustu í heimi. Landgrunnið er mjög víðáttumikið, um 758 þúsund ferkílómetrar að stærð, og þar blandast heitir og kaldir hafstraumar. Það skapar kjöraðstæður fyrir þá fæðumyndun sem er nauðsynleg fyrir viðgang fiskistofnanna.
Smábátaeigendur keppa um fiskinn við togarana og stærri skipin (Fishermen on small boats compete with owners of trawlers and large boats for the right to catch the fish).
Klak- og ætisslóðir fjölmargra nytjafiska eru á íslenska landgrunninu og ekki færri en 293 mismunandi fisktegundir hafa verið skráðar á Íslandsmiðum. Tíu tegundir mynda uppistöðuna í fiskveiðunum, en samtals eru um 40 tegundir nýttar.
Auðlegð hafsins byggist á viðkvæmu samspili vistkerfa og Íslendingar vita að ekki einungis náttúruhamfarir og breytingar á veðurfari geta haft alvarlegar afleiðingar í för með sér, heldur einnig slæm umgengni við auðlindina.
The Riches of the Sea
The fishing grounds around Iceland are some of the richest in the world. The continental shelf, on which warm and cold ocean currents meet, is very wide (that is, about 758,000 square kilometres in size). The blend creates an ideal environment for the success of the food cycle necessary for the growth of fish stocks.
There are a large number of hatching and food gathering areas on the Icelandic continental shelf (which are used by those fish which can be processed). No fewer than 293 fish species have been observed in the Icelandic fishing grounds. Whilst ten species make up the bulk of the catch, some forty species of fish are caught.
These ocean riches form part of the delicate balance of the ocean ecosystem, and Icelanders are aware that not only natural catastrophes and changes in the climate can seriously effect it. Poor management of these resources will also have an impact.
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