News & announcements

A study on the distribution, maturity and population structure of krill in relation to main hydrographic regions around Iceland was recently published in PLoS ONE.

Norwegian Spring-Spawning herring

A dynamic imaging particle analyzer for automated microalgae sample analysis.

MFRI and Matís will host the conference Arctic char: Ecology, genetics, climate change, and the implication for conservation and management on October 31 to November 1.

Capelin.

An article covering research done on the genetics of the Atlantic salmon was recently published in the ICES Journal of Marine Science.

This morning Admiral Charles D. Michel of the U.S. Coast Guard honoured the captain and crew of MFRI research vessel Árni Friðriksson, the Isavia flight crew, and the Icelandic Coast Guard for their heroism in saving the lives of three U.S. citizens lost at see off Iceland this summer.

Norwegian Spring-Spawning Herring, Blue Whiting and Mackerel

Stig Falk Petersen, specialist at the Akva-niva Institue and Professor at the University of Tromsö, Norway, will give a lecture at MFRI on September 27. The lecture will be held in the 1st floor auditorium at Skúlagata 4, and will commence at 12:15 pm.

The world renowned marine biologist Ray Hilborn is UNU-FTP guest lecturer this year.