News & announcements

On July 7th a whale was landed at the Hvalfjörður whaling station in Iceland that had morphological characteristics of both fin and blue whales. A staff member of the MFRI conducting biological sampling at the station reported the incident and did appropriate arrangements for sampling and measurements.

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute in Reykjavík, Iceland has vacant a full time permanent position for specialist in pelagic fishes with emphasis on fisheries acoustics.

Northern Shrimp - Snæfellsnes

Common Minke Whale

Lumpfish

On February 26th the twentieth cohort of United Nations University Fishery Training Program (UNU-FTP) fellows graduated.

Capelin.

Rockweed

Dr. Nina Dehnhard will give a lecture at MFRI on January 18. The lecture will be held in the 1st floor auditorium at Skúlagata 4, and will commence at 12:30 pm.

A recent study by an international group of research scientists shows that invertebrates in glacier- rivers react in the same way all over the world to decreasing glacier cover