Icelandic salmon farmer hit by second ISA outbreak
Icelandic salmon farming company Laxar Fiskeldi has been hit by an ISA outbreak for the second time in five weeks. Laxar is currently finalising plans to merge with its sister […] Continue Reading
Samherji staff paid to get on their bikes
The Icelandic fishing and aquaculture group Samherji is paying its employees to leave their cars at home. The company is offering both full- and part-time workers a regular monthly wage […] Continue Reading
Arnarlax plans 80,000 tonne processing plant in Iceland
Icelandic fish farming company Arnarlax has announced plans to build a new hi-tech salmon processing factory in the country’s Westfjords region. The plant will be one of the largest in […] Continue Reading
Iceland fish farm merger nears completion
A merger between two of Iceland’s leading fish farming companies has moved into its final phase. The board of Ice Fish Farm has approved a draft agreement to take over […] Continue Reading
Arctic Fish ‘not to blame’ for mortalities
Icelandic salmon farmer Arctic Fish was not responsible for the biological incident earlier this year which cost the company almost £6m (ISK 1bn), an official investigation has found. The Dýrafjörður based business […] Continue Reading
Iceland to set out new aquaculture strategy
Iceland’s Fisheries Minister Svandís Svavarsdóttir says she wants to see a more open discussion about the future direction of the country’s aquaculture, fishing and food sectors. She recently submitted a […] Continue Reading
Mortalities set to cost Arctic Fish £9m
The Icelandic salmon company Arctic Fish has revealed that the biological incident which hit one of its sites last week has cost the company around ISK 1.5bn, almost £9m. The […] Continue Reading
Icelandic farmer hit by mass mortality incident
Up to 2,000 tonnes of ready to harvest salmon have been lost at an Arctic fish site in Iceland due to serious biological problems. It is thought to be one […] Continue Reading
Samherji starts work on Silfurstjörn land-based farm
Iceland’s largest fishing and seafood producer Samherji began construction work this week on a £9m expansion of its land-based Silfurstjörn fish farm. Diggers moved in to begin preparing the site […] Continue Reading