Iceland

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Inverness, Scotland-based aquaculture equipment, technology and service supplier Gael Force Group has completed the installation of its SeaQure range of aquaculture equipment for Iceland-based fish farming company Hábrún.

14th August 2025

Gael Force delivers containment system to Iceland

14th August 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

The issue of new shares in Samherji Fish Farming through equity private placement for financing its Salmon Garden, a new land-based aquaculture facility in Reykjanes, Iceland, has been increased from €125 million…

17th July 2025

Samherji Salmon Garden placement upsized

17th July 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union and Iceland have agreed to strengthen cooperation on fisheries and ocean governance with the signing of a new memorandum of understanding (MoU).

16th July 2025

EU and Iceland strengthen ocean cooperation

16th July 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A return of pelagic catches saw the total volume of fish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet in June 2025 increase by 65% or more than 18,000 tonnes year-on-year to 45,534 tonnes, according…

15th July 2025

Icelands June catch climbs 65%

15th July 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Icelandic fishing vessels caught a total 212,970 tonnes of fish and shellfish in the first-quarter of 2025, which represented a decrease of 2% or more than 5,200 tonnes compared with the corresponding…

1st July 2025

Icelandic catch value soars

1st July 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A sharp drop in pelagic catches saw the total volume of fish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet fall by 22% or more than 19,000 tonnes year-on-year to 68,190 tonnes in May 2025,…

18th June 2025

Icelandic fisheries production down 22% in May

18th June 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Thorsteinn Már Baldvinsson, CEO of Samherji hf, has written a letter to all Samherji employees, informing them of his decision to vacate the role as of June 2025, after serving in the…

26th May 2025

Samherji’s CEO steps down

26th May 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Animal welfare environmental organisation Compassion in World Farming has launched a new Salmon Retailer Spotlight, with the aim to shine a light on the transparency and robustness of UK retailers’ animal welfare…

29th April 2025

Compassion launches UK salmon retailer spotlight

29th April 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Samherji Fish Farming, a subsidiary of Samherji hf, has completed financing of the first phase of its Salmon Garden, a new land-based fish farming facility on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. The…

29th April 2025

WATCH: Samherji secures financing for new land-based salmon farm

29th April 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The newest addition to Iceland’s fresher trawler fleet has been delivered to its owners in the port of Grindavík. The Skipasýn-designed Hulda Björnsdóttir has been built at Astilleros Armón, originally for fishing…

22nd April 2025

Iceland’s latest fresher trawler arrives from Spanish builder

22nd April 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

First Water, a company specialising in sustainable land-based salmon farming in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland, has completed a share capital increase amounting to €39 million. The capital raise was led by existing shareholders, including…

8th April 2025

Iceland’s First Water secures €39m in share increase

8th April 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The number of vessels in the Icelandic fishing fleet has continued its gradual decreasing trend, falling to 1,531 at the end of 2024, Statistics Iceland has confirmed.

7th April 2025

Icelandic fleet continues to contract

7th April 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The total volume of fish produced by Iceland’s aquaculture industry increased by 10% in 2024 to almost 54,800 tonnes, with most of the volume accounted for by Atlantic salmon, with the country’s…

1st April 2025

Iceland’s aquaculture volume, export earnings soar

1st April 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A rise in pelagic catches lifted the total volume of fish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet by 3% or more than 2,000 tonnes year-on-year to 69,945 tonnes in February 2025, according to…

18th March 2025

Icelandic fisheries landings up 3% in February

18th March 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Icelandic fishing vessels caught a total 995,296 tonnes of fish and shellfish in 2024 which represented a decrease of 28% compared with the previous year, new industry figures confirm. The decline is…

4th March 2025

Icelandic fisheries’ volume, value decline

4th March 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Drops in the pelagic, flatfish and shellfish catches led the total volume of fish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet in January 2025 to fall by 11% or more than 9,300 tonnes year-on-year…

19th February 2025

Icelandic landings down 11% in January

19th February 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Family-owned fish farm Skytop Springs Fish Farm has signed the 100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge, publicly committing to using 100% of each fish it raises by the end of 2025. Skytop is…

4th February 2025

New York fish farm joins 100% Fish initiative

4th February 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

A total 993,972 tonnes of fish and shellfish was caught by Iceland’s fishing fleet in 2024, representing a decrease of 28% on the previous year’s volume (1.38 million tonnes), according to preliminary…

20th January 2025

Icelandic catch falls by over a quarter

20th January 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The profitability of Iceland’s fishing and fish processing sectors declined in 2023, according to new analysis compiled by Statistics Iceland.

13th January 2025

Iceland’s fishing, fish processing profitability declines

13th January 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

With its new vessel, Gjögur has followed the trend away from processing at sea – new Hákon is a pelagic trawler/purse seiner with purely RSW capacity. The newbuild is one of a…

6th January 2025

New pelagic catcher joins Icelandic fleet

6th January 2025