News & announcements

A new study, published in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, sheds light on how commercial seaweed harvesting may be affecting coastal fish communities.

A new webpage on sea temperature has been launched on the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute's website. The page contains a new presentation of data from sea temperature gauges that measure sea temperature in ports in various locations around the country.

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute in Iceland is advertising for a two-year temporary position (scientist) to work on research regarding developing gear technologies to facilitate reductions in discard, seabead impacts, and carbon emissions to support the blue economy.

Marine and Freshwater Research Institute has released advice on fishing opportunities for over twenty fish and invertebrate stocks in Icelandic waters in the 2025/2026 fishing year.

Lumpfish spawn around the coast of the Nordic countries with the young migrating away from the coast as they grow, but where do they go? The new publication, from researchers in Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Denmark and Norway, documents the distribution of lumpfish during summer from the International Ecosystem Summer Survey of the Nordic Seas (aka the mackerel survey)

The Great Scientific Swim around Iceland: 1,000 Miles in 100 Days, Killer Whales & 130ft Waves Ross Edgley Takes on a Historic Open Water Challenge and collaborate with MFRI, Matís and Háskóli Ísland to develop citizen science.

A new article reveals that kombucha production has developed into a profitable industry, and although the kombucha market in Iceland is still in its early stages, this study shows that seaweed kombucha is a feasible prospect for Icelandic consumers.

The Nordic Council of Ministers published recently The Circular Economy of Fishing Gear in Nordic Fisheries. It is the outcome of a Pan-Nordic project funded by AG-Fish under the Council’s auspices, led by the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI)

A newly published article describes the genetic stratification of inshore shrimp (common in shallower water) and offshore shrimp (northern shrimp, Pandalus borealis) populations in northern Iceland.

MFRI advises that the catch of female lumpfish in the 2024/2025 fishing year does not exceed 2760 tonnes. This is a 32% reduction between years.