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Fish & Seafood Suppliers in Iceland
Icelandic seafood & fish suppliers,
seafood processors, fish processors, fish processing
companies, industrial food processing equipment suppliers,
wholesalers, marine industry, aquaculture, exporters,
importers and government bodies
Icelandic
Aquaculture Association TIAA
Reykjavik, Iceland
The founders purpose was to represent all Icelandic fish
farmers in one unified organization in order to safeguard
their mutual interests. IAA places considerable emphasis on
presenting the viewpoints of its members to the Icelandic
legislature and the executive branch of government and
endeavors to study and follow up issues of concern to the
Icelandic aquaculture which will be dealt with by the
various government institutions. IAA provides encouragement
and advice on a wide range of issues to fish farmers in
Iceland.
Icelandic Fisheries
Information centre of the Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries
and Agriculture - Aquaculture
For centuries, the Icelanders have known of the possibility
of transferring live freshwater fish into fishless streams
or lakes. Apart from this, aquaculture began in Iceland just
before the year 1900 with the first attempts to fertilize
and hatch salmonid ova and to release the emerging fry into
rivers. Aquaculture in Iceland involved mainly hatching of
salmonids and restocking of rivers until 1950. In 1951 an
era of small scale rearing of salmonids to a size ready for
consumption began with rainbow trout. During the period
1985-90 a large-scale build up of salmonid farms took place.
The
Icelandic Shellfish Farmers Association
Mussel farming has been in development in Iceland for 30
years. Most of the time has been spent on scattered test
lines put in the sheltered fjords by small companies or
individuals. Interestingly the results of spat collections,
growth and quality have always been good wherever it has
been tried. On the other hand the first initiatives were
small and had no potential to follow up the good initial
results.
International Salmon Farmers Association -
Aquaculture, or fish farming is centuries old. Salmon
farming began in Norway approximately 40 years ago but it
has become an economic driver and social mainstay of coastal
and rural communities all over the world – in countries like
Canada, the United States, Chile, the UK, Australia, New
Zealand, Iceland, Ireland and the Faroe Islands. Salmon
farming currently employs thousands of people, generates
billions of dollars into local economies and provides
leadership and training opportunities for young people so
that they can work and raise families in their home
communities. Farmed salmon has also become a staple part of
a healthy, nutritious and affordable diet for people of all
ages.
Aquaculture Stewardship Council
The ASC's mission is to transform aquaculture towards
environmental sustainability and social responsibility using
efficient market mechanisms that create value across the
chain.
Matís ltd. - Icelandic Food and Biotech R&D
Matís is a government owned, independent research company,
founded in 2007 following the merger of three former public
research institutes. We pursue research and development
aligned to the food and biotechnology industries as well as
providing Iceland's leading analytical testing service for
public and private authorities.
Nordic
Network on Recirculating Aquaculture Systems
The Nordic Network on Recirculating Aquaculture Systems was
formally founded at a steering committee meeting in April
2011 at DTU Aqua, Hirtshals, Denmark, with country
representatives from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and
Iceland. The major aims of the network are to co-ordinate
and strengthen research and development of recirculating
aquaculture systems (RAS) in Nordic countries. |
