Iceland Ocean Cluster

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

When the 100% Great Lakes Fish Initiative first began, its focus was deliberately narrow. Lake whitefish – commercially important, widely distributed, and ecologically comparable to Atlantic cod – was chosen as a test case. The logic was straightforward: Iceland had…

23rd January 2026

From waste to value: How the Great Lakes are reimagining the future of fish

23rd January 2026

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Seafood is essential to food and nutrition security, supplying nearly 20% of animal protein to over 3 billion people. As the global population grows, seafood consumption is likely to double by 2050, increasing the demand for efficient protein sources. Yet…

23rd January 2026

From fish waste to future wealth: Namibia’s fisheries collaborate on sustainable innovation

23rd January 2026

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

With funding finalised for a new strategic plan that will steer the Iceland Ocean Cluster’s work for the next three to five years, CEO Alexandra Leeper says the organisation is now primed…

23rd January 2026

Accelerating the push for zero-waste seafood

23rd January 2026

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

As Scotland’s seafood industry braces for what many expect to be a difficult 2026, the Scottish Ocean Cluster is entering a decisive phase of its own development. After two years of groundwork,…

23rd January 2026

Scottish Ocean Cluster sharpens focus as it heads into a pivotal 2026

23rd January 2026

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The Scottish Ocean Cluster – a new collaborative effort between Seafood Scotland, Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), Opportunity North East, Aberdeenshire Council and Zero Waste Scotland – has already enjoyed significant success…

10th June 2025

Seafood Scotland CEO Donna Fordyce: Cluster will bring more value without adding environmental or social pressures

10th June 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Donna Fordyce, CEO of Seafood Scotland, has called on industry partners to back the creation of a Scottish Ocean Cluster, with the estimation that it could help unlock three times more value…

13th March 2025

Seafood Scotland: Cluster could treble industry’s value

13th March 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Around 24 million tonnes of edible products generated by fisheries and aquaculture are being lost across supply chains every year, according to estimates made by the World Economic Forum (WEF), with the…

29th January 2025

Healthy returns from by-product pathways

29th January 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Having collaborative partners and being able to develop very clear business plans that not only solve challenges, but which are economically feasible and can generate real revenue for those companies will further…

19th September 2024

100% Fish and the power of partnerships

19th September 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Seafood value chains are increasingly changing mindsets and becoming more collaborative to deal with the issue of valuable raw material by-products going to waste, according to Thor Sigfusson, Founder and Chairman of…

19th September 2024

Fish Waste for Profit: Turning 10m tonnes of waste into 10m tonnes of value

19th September 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Innovation has been central to the success of Iceland’s fisheries and seafood sectors and is an increasingly important factor behind the value that they are creating. But this progress must be further…

18th September 2024

Iceland must keep innovating, insists fisheries minister

18th September 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

There’s nothing unusual about seismic activity in Iceland. In November last year, the inhabitants of one of the country’s key ports were evacuated from their homes as weeks of earthquakes turned out…

5th September 2024

Seafood – Iceland’s economic keystone

5th September 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Ahead of the 5th Fish Waste for Profit conference in Reykjavik, leaders in the 100% Fish utilisation space discussed innovative approaches to maximise the value of seafood through secondary-yield products. 

12th July 2024

Wasted fish = opportunity missed

12th July 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

WF readers are invited to sign up to join the free-to-attend Fish Waste for Profit Webinar 2024 and find out about some of the innovative ways seafood processing businesses are utilising fish…

2nd July 2024

Webinar: Fish Waste For Profit – Wednesday 3 July 2024, 1500 BST/1400 UTC

2nd July 2024

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Ahead of the 5th Fish Waste for Profit conference in September, Iceland Ocean Cluster Founder Dr Thor Sigfusson tells WF that the 100% Fish movement is expanding its reach at great speed…

12th April 2024

Interview: Full fish utilisation – a compelling vision for a sustainable future

12th April 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

There’s growing global acceptance that many of the traditional and still current uses of commercially-produced fish only capture a small fraction of the full potential value and that continuing on this wasteful…

23rd January 2024

Waste not, want not

23rd January 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

There are around 10 million tonnes of targeted wild capture fisheries that are wasted every year. This waste consists of cut-offs from processing, heads, frames, guts, skin and scales – which are…

23rd January 2024

The 100% Fish initiative

23rd January 2024

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Based within the Iceland Ocean Cluster on the quayside in Reykjavík, start-up company Optitog has been making steady progress in developing new concepts of shrimp gear to improve the profitability of this…

22nd May 2023

Fishing with light – the next generation

22nd May 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

A property formerly destined to be a large aluminum smelter that was never completed has been given a new lease of life by being transformed into a new Eco-Business Park for Iceland…

1st March 2023

Iceland launches new eco-business park

1st March 2023

OPINION

OPINION

The significant cuts in the allowable catch in the Icelandic economic zone in the 1980s led to a stronger movement in Iceland towards the attitude “more for less”; less catch but make…

2nd December 2022

Viewpoint: What’s landfill material in other countries is creating $110m in Iceland

2nd December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

It’s estimated that the equivalent of 10 million tonnes of fish is wasted annually. And accounting for between 3 and 8% of every fish, the skin is a structural material that’s full…

2nd December 2022

Skin deep

2nd December 2022