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Iceland trade mission and civic visit - 21/09/2011
A delegation from Hull City Council is preparing for a Trade Mission to try to secure the return to use of a Hull fish market, tempt the Iceland Olympic team to Hull, as well as a Civic visit to further continue the special bond between the two areas.

Iceland and Hull are linked by 1000 years of trade across the Arctic seas.

The trip, to Iceland from 21 to 24 September will see the Lord Mayor of Hull and Admiral of the Humber Councillor Colin Inglis meeting with civic dignitaries such as the Mayor of Reykjavik, Jon Gnarr Kristinsson, and Iceland's president, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, at Presidential Residence Bessastadir and Asgeir Magnusson, Mayor of Vik.

The Lord Mayor will also meet with the artist who created the Voyage statue, Steinunn Thorarinsdottir. The statue, which was recently stolen in Hull, celebrates the extra special links with Vik, which has a corresponding statue. Vik is where on many occasions, Hull trawlermen were rescued by local people when vessels ran aground in shallow water, and given food and shelter until the ships were towed to safety and righted.

The statues were supported by the British and Icelandic governments, private sector companies in Hull, and the British Embassy in Iceland who commissioned two artworks.

Meanwhile, Hull City Council's Portfolio Holder for Regeneration and Enterprise, Councillor Steven Bayes, and Director for Regeneration Pauline Davis, are meeting with a business that has a joint interest in Hull's Fishmarket, Fishgate, to see if there is a way to bring it back into use.

As well as talking to Atlantic Fresh, which has a stake in the fishmarket, they will also be talking to other fish importers at the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition to see if any links can be made for mutual benefit, including looking at the logistics of how fish travels to the UK and where Hull can become more involved.

As well as this, they will meet with the Icelandic Olympic Committee to show what Hull could offer the Iceland Olympic team, such as the Bonus Arena which could be used for their handball team as well as other Olympic training facilities in the city such as Costello Stadium.









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