Aqua ICE seminar – TFL
Miðvikudaginn 1. október í Ríma A kl. 11:00 – 12:00 Umsjónarmaður málstofu: Gyða Pétursdóttir, Verkefnastjóri Terraforming LIFE /Project Manager TFL Bændasamtök Íslands / Farmers Association of Iceland Building the Circular Pathway: Turning Farm and Fish Waste into Fertilizer and Energy Schedule: 11:00 Welcome address, Margrét Ágústa Sigurðardóttir, Managing Director of The Icelandic Farmers Association 11:05 Building […]
Evaluating lumpfish efficacy in controlling sea lice in salmon farms/ Mat á virkni grásleppu gegn lús í laxeldi
Tuesday 30th September in Silfurberg A at 16:15 Esbern J. Patursson, Biological engineer (MSc) at Hiddenfjor This presentation explores methods for evaluating the role of lumpfish in controlling sea lice within salmon sea cages, with a focus on optimizing their use. Key topics include: Insights from lumpfish stomach content analysis – how many sea lice […]
Winter Ulcers (Moritella viscosa) in Farmed Salmonids in Iceland/ Vetrarsár (moritella viscosa) á eldislaxi á Íslandi
Tuesday 30th of September in Silfurberg A at 16:00 Svein Alexandersen: Director Technical Services, Norway and Nordics In this presentation Pharmaq will present results from recent work on Moritella viscosa isolates collected from Icelandic salmon farms. Understanding the phylogeny of Moritella viscosa remains complex, and Pharmaq is currently actively working on this topic. Pharmaq will […]
Innovations in Salmon Breeding: Shaping the Future of Land-Based Farming/ Nýjungar í laxarækt: Að móta framtíð landeldis
Wednesday 1st of October in Silfurberg B at 14:00 Andrew Preston, Research and Development, Genetics Selective breeding and genetic technologies are essential for improving salmon performance and reducing mortality. Breeding programs achieve cumulative genetic gains by selecting optimal parent fish to produce eggs with favourable traits. This presentation reviews how production traits are developed and […]
AI-Powered Aquaculture: Grow Bigger, Healthier fish– faster and cheaper/ Gervigreind í lagareldi: Rækta stærri og heilbrigðari fiska – hraðar og ódýrar
Wednesday 1st of October in Silfurberg A at 11:45 Hemang Rishi, CEO Observe Technologies AI is transforming aquaculture, with around one in four salmon farms already using it. In this session, we’ll share how our AI-powered feeding system reduces feed costs, boosts growth, and provides early health alerts—empowering operators to achieve superhuman performance. Gervigreind er […]
Optimizing performance through clinical nutrition/ Að hámarka árangur með klínískri næringu
Tuesday 30th of September in Silfurberg A at 15:30 Mike McLeish, Business Unit Director – Iceland & Canada How can farmers use clinical nutrition to optimise their performance at sea, with tools tailored specifically to the Icelandic environment? Hvernig geta fiskeldið notað klíníska næringu til að hámarka afköst sín í sjókvíum, með verkfærum sem eru […]
GeoSalmon
Wednesday the 1st of October in Silfurberg B at 14:30
Kaldvík, nústaða og framtíðarhorfur/ Kaldvík, current situation and future prospects
Wednesday 1st of October in Silfurberg A at 14:15 Vidar Aspehaug, Forstjóri Kaldvíkur
Iceland: a hub for land-based salmon farming/ Ísland: Miðstöð fyrir landeldi í heiminum
Wednesday 1st of October in Silfurberg B at 13:15 Ómar Grétarsson, Sölu- og markaðsstjóri / CMO First Water
Subsea aquaculture / Sökkvanlegt fiskeldi
Tuesday 30th of September in Silfurberg A at 14:45 Trygve Hallberg, Project manager submerged aquaculture, Selstad/Ísfell As the salmonid aquaculture industry finds new ways to avoid salmon lice through submerged farms, technology offers potential benefits in other areas. This talk will present an overview of Selstad’s project on submerged cage systems, and how these could […]
