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Christiane Delongueville and Jónbjörn Pálsson

Fruitful collaboration between MFRI and Belgian zoologists

Collaboration of MFRI with the Belgian zoologists Christiane Delongueville and Roland Scaillet
21. December
Photo. Svanhildur Egilsdóttir.

Excellent year for research at sea – despite COVID-19

The Marine & Freshwater Research Institute ‘s research vessels haven‘t missed out on a single tour.
27. November
Photo: Móna Lea Óttarsdóttir

Salmon fed on wood

The Marine & Freshwater Research Institute‘s aquaculture farm in Grindavík is now working on an experimental project for Matís
17. November
Image from the ISMN catalogue

The MFRI Humpback whale ISMN Catalog online version is up to date

You can, now, find 1434 unique Humpback whale individuals gathered over a span of 40 years (from 1980 to date)
19. October
Photo: Svanhildur Egilsdóttir

Clean Nordic Oceans

Network to exchange knowledge and experience of methods and measures that can reduce the risk of ghost fishing and marine litter
30. March
Image: Svanhildur Egilsdóttir

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Is today, February 11th
11. February
Schizymenia jonssonii growing in the lower intertidal zone on the Reykjanes peninsula, SW Iceland. …

A new species of red algae discovered in Iceland

Recently an unknown species of Rhodophyta or red algae was discovered in Iceland.
23. January
Fig: MFRI

HUMPBACK WHALE ISMN0182

Late November 2019, a humpback whale stranding in the Westfjords was reported
13. January
Fig. MFRI

HUMPBACK WHALE ISMN0122 from Iceland to Dominican Republic (January 2020)

International collaborations, especially for long migrating animals such as Humpback whale are very crucial.
13. January
This is flat periwinkle (Littorina obtusata) on green algae ( Acrosiphonia arcta).

Merry Christmas

20. December
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