Iceland Ocean Cluster and Washington State University pledge cooperation
Monday September 11th, Thor Sigfusson, Founder and Chairman of the Iceland Ocean Cluster, and Barbara Rasco, Professor and Director of Washington State University’s Food Science... Read More
Building Bridges with Ocean Clusters
On 28. July an article by Thor Sigfusson Founder and Chairman of The Iceland Ocean Cluster, about building bridges with ocean clusters was published on... Read More
Laying the grounds in Seattle
For the past months former minister of industry in Iceland Mrs. Ragnheidur Elin Arnadottir has been working on establishing an Ocean Cluster in Seattle. It... Read More
Can we create more value with the Alaskan pollock?
The Alaska pollock landings are the largest of any single fish species in the U.S. According to Undercurrent News, the price of pollock is going... Read More
Can Clusters elminate blind spots?
As a founder of the Iceland Ocean Cluster, I have had the luxury of meeting with seafood people in over twenty coastal communities in the... Read More
Economic costs of the strike
The Iceland Ocean Cluster was recently assigned to a project by the Ministry of Fisheries in Iceland to evaluate the economic costs of the strikes... Read More
Should Iceland, Russia, Norway and the Faroe Islands start collaborating on branding and marketing the North Atlantic Cod?
This is a question put forth by dr. Thor Sigfusson founder of the Iceland Ocean Cluster in a new IOC analysis just released. The analysis... Read More
Top ten highlights of the Iceland Ocean Cluster in 2016
70 companies are now a part of our community in the Ocean Cluster House – 20% increase from last year. Several of our startups received... Read More
The Iceland Ocean Cluster and JA Iceland partner up
One of the fields which the The Junior Achievement programme in 2017 will focus on is food and ocean entrepreneurship. The Iceland Ocean Cluster has... Read More
Plastic pollution could become a threat to Iceland’s fisheries
In 2014, it was estimated that nearly 269,000 tonnes of plastic waste was floating in the world’s oceans. Plastic in the marine environment threatens the... Read More
The New Utilization Movement
The project Nordic Ways is a book of short insightful essays written by distinguished authors from all five countries representing a broad spectrum of Nordic... Read More
The IOC introduces educational app for kids
The Iceland Ocean Cluster has introduced a new website and an app “Trillan” to educate young school children about the ocean and its resources. “This... Read More