A small, but very important victory

A small, but very important victory

The reconvening of Alþingi has been postponed until September 8th, bringing the 157th legislative session to a close without the aquaculture bill being passed. We at the Icelandic Wildlife Fund would like to thank the coalition parties for setting this deeply flawed...

Silent Rivers – documentary film

Silent Rivers – documentary film The documentary Silent Rivers (Árnar þagna) by Óskar Pál Sveinsson explores the impact of open-net pen salmon farming on ecosystems and the livelihoods of farmers who depend on wild salmon angling in Norway and Iceland. In June...
Björk on the Norwegian Modus Operandi

Björk on the Norwegian Modus Operandi

The Norwegian modus operandi. This is how the Norwegian salmon companies operate. Their equipment and farming technology were imported to Iceland, the CEOs were imported from Norway and the bad manners of this terrible industry too. The world is starting to realize...
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Salmon farming in open net pens is risking the very existence of Iceland’s unique wild salmon that inhabited the island long before the first human settlements in the second half of the 9th century. Iceland’s salmon populations come from a specific evolutionary line....