- Research
- Fish tagging
- Lumpfish research
- Oceanography
- Seabed mapping
- Arnarfjörður
- Drekasvæði
- Ísafjarðardjúp
- Jökulbanki
- Jökuldjúp
- Kolbeinseyjarhryggur and adjacent area
- Kolluáll
- Langanesgrunn
- Látragrunn
- Nesdjúp
- Reykjaneshryggur and adjacent area
- Selvogsbanki
- South of Selvogsbanki
- South of Skeiðarárdjúp
- South of Skerjadjúp
- Southeast of Lónsdjúp
- Southwest of Jökuldjúp
- Suðausturmið
- Suðurdjúp
- Vesturdjúp
- East of Reykjaneshryggur
- Vestfjardarmid
- Seal research
- Whale Research
- Advice
- About
Research vessels
Marine and Freshwater Research Institute owns and operates two research vessels:
- RV Árni Friðriksson - built in Chile in 2000. 70 m long, 14 m wide, four engines
- RV Þórunn Þórðardóttir built in Spain in 2024. 69,80m long, 13,20 m wide, four engines.
The research vessels are able to operate a variety of fishing gear. They also provide facilities for many other types of sampling and measurements. Shipboard laboratories allow sample analysis and data processing at sea.
Árni Friðriksson HF 200
Þórunn Þórðardóttir HF300
