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Ocean Cluster

The Iceland Ocean Cluster’s mission is to create value and discover new opportunities by connecting entrepreneurs, businesses and knowledge in the marine industries.

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Prepared for the future-Seafood education

Prepared for the future-Seafood education

Iceland Ocean Cluster are pleased to partner with Fisktækniskóli Íslands, Iceland and Egga Utvikling AS, Vardo Videregaende Skole and Sortland Videregående Skole, Norway and, EUC Nordvest, Denmark in a whitefish education project proposal.  The proposal was submitted...

Seafood in the circular economy

Seafood in the circular economy

Our global population is growing and with it, our organic food waste, in fact in 2021 alone, 931 million metric tonnes of food produced was wasted.  This is both economically wasteful and environmentally impactful. One way we can address this issue is through circular...

Project kick-off: fish skin valorisation for health and wellbeing

Project kick-off: fish skin valorisation for health and wellbeing

Today, 28.02.22 was the kick-off meeting for a new collaborative partnership project between Iceland and Portugal focused on fish-skin valorisation.  The project is funded by an EEA grant and creates a bilateral opportunity for partners from Portugal and Iceland to...

European catfish in Iceland

European catfish in Iceland

Yesterday some new visitors arrived in Iceland, juvenile European catfish (Silurus glanis), marking the first time this species has been brought to our shores.  The 5000 catfish were received to quarantine tanks at the state-of-the-art Marine Aquaculture Research...