‘The shame is theirs’: Iceland, EU slam three-way mackerel deal
Intrafish News Coastal States not party to this week’s trilateral agreement between the UK, Norway and the Faroe Islands say the deal will “legitimize” overfishing. Norway, the United Kingdom and the Faroe Islands reached a trilateral agreement on Northeast Atlantic mackerel quotas this week. The other Coastal States are not happy.Photo: Rune Kvamme Dominic Welling […]
Icelandic land-based salmon farmer First Water completes second closing, raising a total of $99 million
Intrafish News: With the capital raise, the financing of the first phase of First Water’s land-based salmon farm is now guaranteed. “We have a great project in hand, which is reflected in that we completed a successful funding despite difficult market conditions,” First Water CEO Eggert Kristofersson said.Photo: Landeldi Hanna Gezelius Published 3 October […]
MSC continues to evolve its multi-stakeholder Board
30 April 2021 MSC continues to evolve its multi-stakeholder Board Kristjan Th. Davidsson to take up seat on MSC’s Board of Trustees The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Board of Trustees will be joined by a new Member, Kristjan Th. Davidsson, who will take up one of the Board’s designated seafood industry seats in late July […]
NORTH ATLANTIC SEAFOOD FORUM 2019
STÆRSTA VIÐSKIPTARÁÐSTEFNA Í HEIMI Á SVIÐI SJÁVARÚTVEGS – NORTH ATLANTIC SEAFOOD FORUM – BERGEN. North Atlantic Seafood Forum verður haldin í 14. sinn dagana 5. – 7. mars n.k. í Bergen. Ísland er sérstök gestaþjóð í ár og um 20 íslensk fyrirtæki munu sýna breiddina í íslenskum sjávarútvegi; veiðum, vinnslu, sölu og þjónustu á sérstakri […]
Expert Committee of The Royal Ministry of Fisheries in Norway delivers its report to Minister Sandberg.
As a member of the “Expert Committe on Seafood First Hand Pricing” of The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries I participated in the revision of the rules for conducting business in the Norwegian Seafood Business, i.e. the selling system for seafood from catchers to processors. The committee handed over the final report with recommendations to […]
Morgunverðarfundur NÍV og SFS 5. febrúar 2015.
Þann 5. febrúar kl. 08:30 – 10 halda Norsk-Íslenska Viðskiptaráðráðið og Samtök Fyrirtækja í Sjávarútvegi (SFS) morgunverðarfund á Grand Hótel þar sem aðalræðumaður verður norski athafna-, markaðs- og fjölmiðlamaðurinn Arne Hjeltnes. Arne er eftirsóttur fyrirlesari og mun fjalla um hvernig Norðmönnum hefur tekist að byggja upp sterkt alþjóðlegt vörumerki á sviði fiskeldis og ferðaþjónstu auk […]
Technology is Reshaping the Seafood Industry
The value of exported fresh seafood products from Iceland has increased significantly over the past several years – and this trend is reshaping the industry – both at sea and on land. The increase, in both volume and even more in value, is not least thanks to improved handling and cooling of both catch and […]
Thank you for visiting my homepage
Welcome to my homepage. The page is made by Mr. Kristinn A. Sigurdsson, a good friend of mine, who also made the webpage www.lopaprjon.com that promotes and sells Icelandic knitware. As time passes I hope be able to put some interesting material here. To start with here is a link to a new video from […]
Site start
A picture to start off – taken by my brother Bjorn Davidsson at a filming session with a Belgian television station making a part of a program on Iceland in Dyrafjordur, my birthplace. Here is a link to the local webpage; www.thingeyri.is