News & announcements

Marine and Freshwater Research Institue is searching for a Postdoctoral Researcher for the Horizon EU Mission Ocean and Waters Project – BioProtect.

The preliminary results of the measurements indicate a slightly lower estimate of the fishable biomass than in the week before. It is therefore clear that the results will lead to an unchanged advice of no capelin fishing for the fishing season 2024/25.

The measurements of adult capelin that makes up the fishing stock for the season, amount to only about two-thirds of what was measured in September 2024. Hence, with the caveat that measurements are still ongoing off the west coast, it is foreseen that the results of the ongoing measurements will not lead to changes in the current fishing advice of zero catch.

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) is proud to announce its significant contribution to cutting-edge research on validating models of pelagic social-ecological systems.

A new mollusc species was recently discovered in the ocean around Iceland. Such discoveries are rare and in this case the result of a lot of hard work. The new species has been named after former Marine and Freshwater Research Institute´s (MFRI) employee Jónbjörn Pálsson and is called Buccinum palssoni Fraussen, Delongueville & Scaillet, 2024.

Happy New Year! Thank you for your cooperation over the past year. Wishing you a successful and prosperous year ahead!

Happy Christmas and a Merry Marine and Freshwater Research Year!

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) along with a consortium of 22 parties under the leadership of the Icelandic Environment Agency, have received a 3.5 billion ISK grant from the European Union for the LIFE ICEWATER project.

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute´s (MFRI) headquarters has received powerful reinforcements from around the world. Fellows have recently arrived to participate in this year’s six-month training within GRÓ – Fisheries Training Programme. The programme is funded by the Government of Iceland and hosted within the Icelandic Marine and Freshwater Research Institute.

Scientists at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute have successfully reared capelin from hatch to adulthood in a laboratory setting for the first time. Capelin eggs were fertilized aboard the fishing vessel Vikingur AK 100 and transported to the Aquaculture Research Station in Grindavík, where the larvae hatched 30 days later