News & announcements

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute encourages fishermen to release the salmon they catch this summer and be gentle in their fishing in Icelandic rivers

Low return rates of salmon from the sea this summer are resulting in low number of salmon running up many rivers in Iceland. This is important so the spawning stock this autumn will be as strong as it can be.

25. July

The annual international ecosystem summer survey in Nordic Seas has started

The annual internationalecosystem summer survey in Nordic Seas has started

04. July

Advice released April 24, 2019

Northern Shrimp (Snæfellsnes)

24. April

Advice released March 29, 2019

Lumpfish

29. March

M. Dolores Pérez-Hernández delivers a lecture at MFRI

Thursday March 28 at 12:30 pm.

25. March

Advice released March 22, 2019

Sea Cucumber

22. March

21st cohort graduates from UNU-FTP

Earlier this week the 21st cohort of UNU-FTP fellows graduated in a ceremony at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute.

14. March

Robert S. Pickart delivers a lecture at MFRI

Friday March 15 at 12:30 pm

11. March

21st cohort of UNU-FTP fellows ready for graduation

Tuesday March 12, 2019 United Nations University Fisheries Training Program (UNU-FTP) will hold a graduation ceremony for its 21st cohort of fellows.

08. March

Presentations of fellows' final projects

In the coming days UNUFTP fellows will present the final projects which they have been working on over the last three months under the supervision of specialists from Icelandic partner institutes.

01. March