No TAC recommended for capelin during the 2019/2020 season
Acoustic measurements of the capelin stock were undertaken 12th September – 21st October 2019
30. October
News & announcements
New EU project on sustainable mesopelagic fisheries
Researchers are to look into whether organisms living deep in the oceans can be exploited in an ecologically and economically sustainable way
08. October
ICES advice on fishing opportunities of widely distributed pelagic fish stocks
The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has released advice on fishing opportunities of widely distributed pelagic fish stocks, including Norwegian spring-spawning herring, blue whiting and Northeast-Atlantic mackerel.
02. October
Doctoral (PhD) candidate in Freshwater Ecology
The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) in collaboration with University of Iceland and Imperial College London has a PhD position in Freshwater Ecology from January 2020
02. October
Deciphering and protecting the last known abundant and unexploited marine ecosystem on Earth
The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute is participating in SUMMER EU-project funded by the European Commission
26. September
Opportunities, challenges and technical advances in eDNA studies
Biological diversity is probably declining more rapidly than ever before in the history of the Oceans
10. September
The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute encourages fishermen to release the salmon they catch this summer and be gentle in their fishing in Icelandic rivers
Low return rates of salmon from the sea this summer are resulting in low number of salmon running up many rivers in Iceland. This is important so the spawning stock this autumn will be as strong as it can be.
25. July
