The three 2023 winners are all students at the Icelandic College of Fisheries in Grindavik

Winners of the 2023 Icelandic Fisheries Bursary Awards have been announced at a ceremony held at the Brúin in the Iceland Ocean Cluster, Reykjavik.

The three 2023 winners, who are all students at the Icelandic College of Fisheries in Grindavik, were awarded ISK 300,000 each towards their respective courses. The winners are Kristín Pétursdóttir, who is studying fish farming, Hreinn Óttar Guðlaugsson, who is studying to be a Marel-processing technician and Dominique Baring, who is studying quality control and fish farming.

Marianne Rasmussen-Coulling, Events Director at Mercator Media, organiser of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition 2024, said the company was proud to again be presenting the awards and financial support to such worthy students.