by admin | Mar 11, 2014 | Fréttir, News, news_home
On Tuesday March 11th the President of Iceland, Mr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, visited the Ocean Cluster House. The purpose of his visit was to meet every company located in the house and gather more information about the companies and their operations. Amongst the...
by admin | Mar 11, 2014 | Fréttir, News, news_home
At the Bio Marine conference in Norway on March 4th, Thor Sigfusson at the IOC challenged North Atlantic fisheries nations to increase the utilization of the Cod. Thor said that too much of Cod by-products are thrown into the sea or dumped. “Iceland has been...
by admin | Feb 26, 2014 | Fréttir, News, news_home
Thor Sigfusson, CEO of the Iceland Ocean Cluster, will introduce the cluster´s initiative regarding full utilisation of whitefish in the North Atlantic at the Marine Innovation Day at the North Atlantic Seafood conference in Bergen March 4. Thor Sigfusso´s speech...
by admin | Feb 24, 2014 | News, news_home
The Iceland Ocean Cluster will advice The Maine Technology Institute, Portland, Maine regarding how Maine can expand its aquaculture cluster to promote innovation and prosperity through the sustainable use of ocean resources and the development and marketing of new...
by Eva Rún | Feb 6, 2014 | Fréttir, News, news_home
The Iceland Ocean Cluster participated in Career Day yesterday which was held in The University of Reykjavik. This is an annual event, now held for the 20th time, by AIESEC in Iceland for students and companies to meet. About 60 Icelandic companies participated in the...
by admin | Feb 1, 2014 | Fréttir, News, news_home
Both Iceland’s and Alaska’s economies rest heavily on the seafood industry: Fish brings in a total of $7 billion annually to Iceland’s economy, and $5.8 billion to Alaska’s, according to Sigfusson’s numbers. He called Iceland and Alaska part of the “Silicon Valley of...