Record number of students in marine studies

Record number of students in marine studies

An increased number of students is enrolling in marine related studies in Iceland. Registrations have never been as high with a 12% increase in enrollments from the previous year in 10 different programs. A record was broken in fisheries science at the University of...

Ocean Industries Generate 25-30% of GDP

A new report, published by the IOC, describes the economic importance and performance of the Icelandic ocean industries in 2013.According to the report, the fisheries sector and its spin-off industries generate 25-30% of Iceland’s production (GDP). Furthermore, last...
Alaska Trade Mission

Alaska Trade Mission

In October the IOC organized a three day tour in Iceland for an Alaskan trade mission group interested in learning about Icelandic fisheries. The tour was organized in cooperation with the Department of Commerce in the State of Alaska after an introduction to the...
United Nations University at the OC House

United Nations University at the OC House

Students from the United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme (UNU-FTP) visited the Ocean Cluster House in mid-October. During the visit Haukur Gestsson and Bjarki Vigfússon from the Iceland Ocean Cluster lectured the group on cluster cooperation within the...