Posts Tagged ‘Iceland’
Iceland community split on fish farms
ONE of Iceland’s main cities has caused a stir and political division in the region by telling the government that it does not want fish farming on the 47 mile long fjord which leads into its port. Akureyri City Council has conveyed its surprise message to Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries following a major debate. But…
Read MoreIceland wild salmon threat \’negligible\’
PLANS to breed up to 10,000 tonnes of salmon on Iceland’s west coast would have an ‘insignificant’ impact on wild salmon or general marine life, an official report has concluded. The findings will be seen as a boost for the country’s growing aquaculture sector and a strong riposte to its environmental lobby which frequently opposes…
Read MoreIceland wild salmon threat \’negligible\’
PLANS to breed up to 10,000 tonnes of salmon on Iceland’s west coast would have an ‘insignificant’ impact on wild salmon or general marine life, an official report has concluded. The findings will be seen as a boost for the country’s growing aquaculture sector and a strong riposte to its environmental lobby which frequently opposes…
Read MoreIceland company to boost Arctic char aquaculture investment
ICELAND’S largest fishing company has announced that it is to step up its investment in Arctic char aquaculture. Samherji, which owns several trawlers, a major fish processing operation along with European and UK interests, says it is expanding capacity at its land based fish farming site near Grindavik in Iceland. Three new sea holes have…
Read MoreNo China Crisis for StofnFiskur
Stofnfiskur hf, a Benchmark Genetics company, last week successful shipped Atlantic salmon ova out of Iceland for delivery to customers in China. This is the second delivery of ova to China since the Corona crisis peaked in Europe in mid-March. The consignment, consisting of almost 400.000 eggs, was sent from Reykjavik on April 16 and…
Read MoreExported salmon from Iceland hits new record level
THE export value of farmed salmon from Iceland’s still modest, but rapidly expanding aquaculture sector, is breaking new records. The latest official figures show that in the first five months of this year Icelandic salmon farmers sold fish worth more than £70-million or 10.9 billion kroners (ISK) to overseas buyers. This represents a 68 per…
Read MoreIceland salmon exports soar as new aqua bill approved
THE value of Icelandic farmed fish exports have jumped by 71 per cent to 8.6 billion kroner – or £54-million – during the first four months of this year, new figures show. The announcement comes as Iceland’s parliament, the Althing, approved a new bill on the future of the industry which includes a number of…
Read MoreIceland must \’beef up\’ salmon air links
ICELAND must improve its air transport links and copy the Scottish sector on products if it is to enable its growing farmed salmon exports to reach the right markets, a leading logistics expert has said. Valdimar Óskarsson, managing director of the international forwarding service DB Schenker, based in Iceland, told a recent business conference that…
Read MoreIceland must \’beef up\’ salmon air links
ICELAND must improve its air transport links and copy the Scottish sector on products if it is to enable its growing farmed salmon exports to reach the right markets, a leading logistics expert has said. Valdimar Óskarsson, managing director of the international forwarding service DB Schenker, based in Iceland, told a recent business conference that…
Read MoreOPINION: Success in the salmon farming zone
PARTICIPANTS at the recent Fisheries Management Scotland conference were given a copy of the latest annual review, which includes reports from all the main salmon and sea trout rivers. The report from the Tweed begins: ‘Salmon catches dropped for a fourth consecutive year with the spring catch half that of 2017.’ The total rod catch…
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