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Topic: Iceland
Topic: Iceland
News
October 30 - 2024
EN Europe
Arnarlax license for a 10,000-tonne salmon site revoked in Iceland
We Are Aquaculture
In addition, the license to Arctic Sea Farm - a subsidiary of Arctic Fish - for 8,000 tons of rainbow trout and salmon was also partially canceled.
News
October 15 - 2024
EN Europe
Aquaculture bill delay contributes to Icelandic government collapse
IntraFish
The latest delay to Iceland’s long-awaited aquaculture bill was cited by the country’s prime minister as one of several factors in the collapse of the country's coalition government, national broadcaster RUV reported.
By Hanna Gezelius
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Investigative Journalism
September 30 - 2023
EN Europe
Thousands of salmon escaped an Icelandic fish farm. The impact could be deadly.
The Guardian
Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations.
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Investigative Journalism
September 05 - 2019
EN Europe
Iceland, Open-Net Fish Farms, and the Final Frontier for Wild Atlantic Salmon
Patagonia
In the last 20 years, the expansion of salmon farming in open-net pens has led to the loss of half the wild salmon population in Norway. On average, 200,000 farmed fish escape from open-net pens and many of them swim up rivers in Norway and breed with wild stocks, contributing to species decline. According to conservation groups, the same method of farming is also responsible for the collapse in salmon and sea trout populations in the West Highlands and Islands of Scotland. By Mădălina Preda
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Investigative Journalism
April 19 - 2019
EN Europe
Plans to expand Iceland's fish farms risk decimating wild salmon populations
The Guardian
Scientists are warning against new legislation to grow Iceland’s fish farming industry, but industry is pressuring for a go-ahead.
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