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New co-operation with Blue Bioeconomy Collaborative Laboratory, Portugal
The Iceland Ocean Cluster are pleased to announce a new co-operation agreement which has been signed with the Blue Bioeconomy Collaborative Laboratory (B2E CoLAB), Portugal. Between our two organisations we have agreed to seek opportunities to collaborate together on...
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...
New co-operation with Nua na Mara Marine Innovation Development Centre, Ireland
The Iceland Ocean Cluster are happy to announce a new cooperation with Nua na Mara, Marine Innovation Development Centre, Ireland. Our two organisations have agreed to build cooperation by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU). This document was signed by Dr....
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
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
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...