Iceland

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

UK manufacturing outsourcing specialist PP Control & Automation (PP C&A) has confirmed it has been brought in to support the delivery of a new €11 million project that will boost the fishmeal…

11th November 2022

PP C&A lands Iceland deal

11th November 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Vestmannaeyjar-based Vinnslustaðirinn hf (VSV) has announced its intention to acquire fellow Icelandic companies Ós ehf and Leo Seafood ehf from the owner of the two firms, Sigurjón Óskarsson and his family.

7th November 2022

VSV expands group

7th November 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norway-headquartered Mowi has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire 51.28% of the shares in Icelandic salmon farmer Arctic Fish with the anticipated acquisition price amounting to NOK 1.88 billion.

1st November 2022

Mowi buys into Iceland

1st November 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Norwegian aquaculture services and equipment provider AKVA Group has secured a contract with Icelandic Land Farmed Salmon (ILFS) for the delivery of a new smolt facility to be built in Vestmannaeyjar, the most southern…

4th October 2022

Smolt contract win for AKVA

4th October 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

BioMar Group and Síldarvinnslan are teaming up to build a net-zero aquafeed production facility in Iceland.

17th August 2022

New net-zero feed plant

17th August 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A huge capelin catch helped Iceland’s fleet to land 40% more fish in the 12 months through July 2022, with over 1.5 million tonnes of fish and shellfish recorded in the preliminary…

17th August 2022

Capelin lifts Iceland

17th August 2022

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Gísli V Jónsson, this year’s Outstanding Icelandic Skipper, discusses his remarkable career

5th August 2022

Three months that became 25 years

5th August 2022

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Guðmundur Gunnarsson accepted the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition’s Outstanding Achievement award for his contributions to the development of fishing gear – and a few days later he was decorated by President of Iceland…

27th July 2022

Recognition of a 50-year career

27th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Reduced catches across all of Iceland’s main fisheries categories led the country’s fishing fleet to land 29% less seafood last month, with the capture of 35,237 tonnes of fish and shellfish, according…

18th July 2022

29% fall in Icelandic fish

18th July 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Thousands of visitors – spanning the entire fisheries sector – were warmly welcomed to 13th edition of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition in Kópavogur

13th July 2022

IceFish 2022 – back to business

13th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Síldarvinnslan hf has entered a deal to acquire the entire shareholding in fellow Icelandic fisheries company Vísir hf for ISK 20 billion.

11th July 2022

Síldarvinnslan to buy Vísir

11th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A total 563,609 tonnes of fisheries products were caught by Iceland’s fishing fleet in the opening quarter of 2022, with the landings generating a first-sales value of ISK 55.8 billion. Compared with…

20th June 2022

Q1 pelagic earnings soar

20th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Iceland’s Marine & Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) has issued its fishing opportunities advice for the forthcoming 2022/23 season and 28 fish stocks in Icelandic waters, with its recommendations including reduced quotas for…

20th June 2022

Iceland to cut quotas

20th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A large blue whiting catch helped Iceland’s fishing fleet to land 33% more fish and shellfish last month, with the total volume reaching almost 143,850 tonnes.

17th June 2022

Icelandic catch growth

17th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Icelandic fishing company Síldarvinnslan hf has reached an agreement to purchase over 34% of the shares in salmon farming company Arctic Fish Holding AS for almost NOK 1.1 billion.

13th June 2022

Arctic Fish nets new shareholder

13th June 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Thirteen awards were bestowed at the 8th Icelandic Fisheries Awards, including two that recognised the outstanding career contributions made to the sector

9th June 2022

IceFish 2022 winners

9th June 2022

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Icelandic salmon farming company Arnarlax has signed a share purchase agreement for the remaining 50% of shares in Eldisstöðin Ísþór smolt facility in Þorlákshöfn.

6th June 2022

Arnarlax acquires smolt facility

6th June 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Iceland-based salmon farming company Ice Fish Farm AS has confirmed the presence of infectious salmon anemia (ISA) at its farming operations in Hamraborg and Svarthamar.

6th June 2022

Ice Fish confirms ISA

6th June 2022

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

“I can’t seem to lose the passion for all this,” said Arthur Bogason, back as Chairman of the Icelandic National Association of Small Boat Owners (NASBO) after a seven-year break.

6th June 2022

Championing small-scale

6th June 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

An Icelandic supplier went to manufacturers in Europe to locate raw material for rockhopper footropes that have a longer working lifetime – and the military-grade rubber they found has outperformed traditional hopper…

6th June 2022

Rockhoppers made to last

6th June 2022