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Fishermen snub meeting as mackerel war escalates

Scottish fishermen are to boycott an international fisheries meeting today in an escalation of a mackerel war with Iceland and the Faroes.

Mackerel fishermen due to attend the conference in the Faroese capital Torshavn have said they will not set foot on the islands because of the dispute over quotas.