News & announcements

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

Two studies on the occurrence of vertebral column deformities and bent dorsal fins in killer whales of Iceland have recently been published. Filipa I.P. Samarra, Ecologist at MFRI, was among the authors of the two studies.

Northern Shrimp

A study on the distribution, maturity and population structure of krill in relation to main hydrographic regions around Iceland was recently published in PLoS ONE.

Norwegian Spring-Spawning herring

A dynamic imaging particle analyzer for automated microalgae sample analysis.

MFRI and Matís will host the conference Arctic char: Ecology, genetics, climate change, and the implication for conservation and management on October 31 to November 1.

Capelin.

An article covering research done on the genetics of the Atlantic salmon was recently published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science.

This morning Admiral Charles D. Michel of the U.S. Coast Guard honoured the captain and crew of MFRI research vessel Árni Friðriksson, the Isavia flight crew, and the Icelandic Coast Guard for their heroism in saving the lives of three U.S. citizens lost at see off Iceland this summer.