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Iceland has joined the list of countries looking at whether fish farming could expand into more challenging ocean locations, as Vince McDonagh reports.

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Fishing town facing new eruption threat

The Icelandic fishing and aquaculture port of Grindavik is facing more problems today following renewed volcanic activity in the area. Molten rock has erupted across the area causing further evacuation and the shutdown of any meaningful industry. Observers saw a further spectacular eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, spreading across a near two-mile wide fissure near…

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Geo Salmo’s new land farm finally breaks the ice

Icelandic company Geo Salmo has finally broken ground on its state of the art hybrid flow-through farm in the south west of the country. Amid sub-zero temperatures, the company carried out a start of construction ceremony at the site west of Þorlákshöfn which is not too far from the town of Grindavik, currently hit by a…

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Takeoff for GeoSalmo with financing completed

Land-based salmon company GeoSalmo has successfully raised ISK two billion (around £11.5 million) allowing it to move ahead very soon with its large-scale fish farm project in Iceland. The effort attracted an influential group of investors from across Scandinavia and northern Europe. GeoSalmo plans to build 24,000 tonne HFS farm (hybrid flow-through system) at Ölfus,…

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Volcano crisis: fish farmer battles to save business

Fish farming and fishing companies around the beleaguered town of Grindavik are racing to save what they can of their businesses from being engulfed by an expected volcanic eruption. The latest reports suggest that the port could be lost for good, with problems likely to remain for years. Earthquakes in the locality have already caused…

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RAS firms projects close to volcanic eruption threat area

At least three Icelandic fish farming companies will be keeping a watchful eye on the south west of the country today where the risk of a major volcanic eruption loomed large at the weekend. The harbour town of Grindavik saw the evacuation of its 3,500 inhabitants on Saturday, after the government declared a state of…

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Northern star

Iceland’s fish farming saga is on the verge of an exciting new chapter. A new force in Atlantic salmon farming is starting to make its presence felt on the world stage: Iceland. From being a mere bit player only a few years ago, the country is fast moving up the aquaculture ladder. Iceland’s aquaculture industry…

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Samherji signs major RAS deal

A £263m deal to build Iceland’s largest land-based salmon plant was announced last night. It will be located on the coast at Reyjanes, just a few miles south of the capital, Reykjavik and will use the power of Iceland’s hot springs. Samherji, the country’s main integrated fishing company announced it had entered into agreement with…

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Samherji expands in Iceland

Iceland’s largest fishing company is working to further expand its plans to establish a large fish farming operation near the fishing town of Grindavik on the southern peninsula of Iceland. Samherji Fiskeldi ehf has prepared an environmental assessment plan to produce up 12,000 tonnes of Arctic char and salmon, a fourfold increase on what is…

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