Outlooks and Perspectives for Aquaculture Industry in Iceland for the next decade
Tuesday the 8th of October in Silfurberg A&B at 10:45 Hjalti Már Hauksson, Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance, Arion Bank, Iceland
Environmental surveillance and image of sea farming
Tuesday the 8th of October in Silfuberg A at 13:30 Bjørn Hembre, CEO Arnarlax Salmon farming is dependent on operating in a sustainable way to have optimal conditions for the fish, and to make sure the operations can continue into the future, in the renewable resource the water in the Icelandic fjords is. This lecture […]
The future of aquaculture in Iceland
Tuesday the 8th of October in Silfurberg A&B at 11:20 Guðrún Ólsen, Boston Consulting Group Ltd. Presentation on the future of aquaculture in Iceland, highlighting unique opportunities and risks in sea-based, land-based, and offshore farming. A brief comparative study with leading fish farming nations like Norway and Chile, accompanied by an analysis of various strategic […]
Social License to operate for salmon farming
Ragnheiður I. Þórarinsdóttir, Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI) Thuesday the 8th of October in Silfurberg A at 13:00 Salmon aquaculture production has grown considerably in recent years, and parallel to this growth public interest in production and product has also increased. In most salmon producing countries there have been reports of both public dismay and […]
Post-smolt output to sea
Sindri Freyr Jónsson, Stövarstjóri Kaldvík Wedensday the 9th of October in Silfurberg at 10:00
Execution of a landbased farming project Laxey Vestmanna Island
Lárus Ásgeirsson, COB, Laxey Wedensday the 9th of October in Silfurberg A at 09:30
First Water – Building a land-based salmon farm
Eggert Þór Kristófersson, CEO First Water Wedensday the 9th of October in Silfurberg A at 10:45
Benchmark Genetics approach towards improved sea lice resistance – Þróun á kynbótum til aukins lúsaviðnáms hjá Benchmark Genetics
Ólafur Kristjánsson, Benchmark Genetics Iceland Wedensday the 9th of October in Silfurberg B at 09:00 Benchmark Genetics has recorded genetic variation in sea lice resistance through two generations of an Atlantic salmon breeding program. The results have been applied to improve genetic resistance to sea lice through genomic selection. The main findings will be presented […]
Expanding markets and future growth for Icelandic salmon
Hrannar Darri Gunnarsson, Sales Manager Arnarlax Thuesday the 8th of October in Silfurberg A at 15:15 Salmon from sea is now Iceland’s second most valuable seafood export products and the road to there has been steady but challenging. How does the future look like? What markets are most exciting? Does the Icelandic salmon stand out? […]
„Building the best of the past for a sustainable future“
Thuesday the 8th of October in Silfurberg B at 14:45 Torstein Kristensen – Head of Biology in ScaleAQ and Associate professor II, Nord University Continuous optimization and further development of our existing aquaculture production systems represents a fast and economically feasible path towards sustainability. We present our thoughts and developments on several aspects of increased […]
