Monitoring of water and production conditions has long been a crucial part of aquaculture, now the arrival of artificial intelligence (AI) is offering the opportunity of real-time control, delegates…
With a new €24 million raise bringing total financing to €265 million, First Water is scaling its land-based salmon facility toward 60,000 tonnes of annual capacity, focused on producing salmon of at…
Icelandic startup Ration combines artificial intelligence and computer vision to bring greater precision and automation to both ova counting and land-based salmon feeding regimes.
BioMar has announced a partnership for the manufacture of aquafeed through Fóðurblandan’s production facility in Reykjavik, making it the only global aquafeed manufacturer with production in Iceland.
Laxey, the land-based salmon company that’s developing a 36,000 tonne capacity farm in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, has successfully completed a €35 million equity private placement.
Isaac Berzin, founder and CTO of Vaxa Technologies, explains how an innovative microalgae farming technique could make his vision for carbon neutral farmed salmon a reality.
Iceland has made history as the first location outside Asia to host a cell-cultured shellfish tasting event, showcasing innovative seafood alternatives developed by South Korean biotech firm Cellmeat…
Kontali, a leading provider of seafood industry data, has released end-of-year trade data for the international salmon markets, indicating potential trends for 2025.
Scientists at Iceland's Marine and Freshwater Research Institute have announced the first successful laboratory rearing of capelin from egg to adulthood, marking a breakthrough for research into the…
Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) present a promising pathway for sustainable seafood production, yet there are still numerous uncertainties – both for operators and potential investors – which…
Leading aquaculture solutions company Innovasea has announced that its land-based aquaculture systems are now available to farmers operating in Iceland.
Benchmark, a leading aquaculture biotech company, has announced the appointment of Sverre Vormedal to the role of sales and technical manager for Iceland.
A partnership agreement signed between MSD Animal Health and First Water of Iceland promises the deployment of FALCON Biomass - an innovative fish monitoring technology - for land-based farming in…
Running Tide, a startup which was originally established to grow and sink seaweed to the ocean floor, has recently pivoted to focus on sinking waste wood in a bid to capture carbon and counter ocean…
The Peruvian authorities have announced that the second fishing season for anchovy and white anchovy in the North-Centre of the country will be officially closed on 13 January.
Ahead of the development of a large-scale microalgae industrial centre, two biotechnology companies have entered into formal discussions to lay the groundwork for the project, through which they aim…
Running Tide, which aims to sink special buoys made from waste wood into the deep ocean to capture carbon and generate blue carbon credits has revealed that it successfully raised a $54 million…
The Terraforming LIFE project, which includes plans to develop new ways to treat and add value to waste from land-based aquaculture systems in Iceland has won a €6.3 million EU grant.
Matorka, which farms Arctic char at land-based site in Iceland, has agreed to adopt software developed by Maritech to improve its post-harvest operations.
Icelandic food technology company, Loki Foods, has opened its doors ahead of schedule to a new scale facility to produce next-generation sustainable plant-based seafoods and meats.
A group of Icelandic salmon farming companies has signed an agreement to establish an initiative that allows secondary school pupils to learn about aquaculture.
CO₂ feed ingredient entrepreneur Deep Branch is partnering with Landsvirkjun, Iceland’s national power company, to analyse the feasibility of constructing a commercial-scale plant in Iceland.
The IFFO's latest analysis on marine ingredients shows that total cumulative production of fishmeal and fish oil from January to November 2021 is up 6 percent year-on-year.
Iceland is likely to be one of the most dynamic forces in the global salmon sector over the coming years and could even overtake the Scottish salmon production levels within six years, according to a…
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