An accident occurred this week which caused the release of waste from a chicken abattoir to flow into a South Iceland river. Read the full story

Norwegian farmed salmon contains less than half of the Omega-3 it did a decade ago Read the full story

The King of Norway, Harald V is due in Iceland this week on an unofficial visit. He intends to use his time fishing for salmon in Vatnsdalsa river in north-western Iceland. Read the full story

Facebook has closed down Reykjavik mayor Jon Gnarr’s popular diary without explanation. And the city council has decided to give away council members’ own free fishing permits. Read the full story

Iceland’s Minister for Fisheries has decided to change the country’s new rules on mackerel fishing, banning fishing nets altogether. Read the full story

An ambitious weeklong process sending the largest quantity of living salmon that has ever been transported from Iceland to Norway came to an end recently for Islandsbleikja, Samherji’s subsidiary in fish farming. A ship, the largest of its kind, came ashore in Kirkenes in North Norway with 600,000 living Salmon smolts worth NOK 6 million (ISK 125 million, USD 964,000). Read the full story

Although most Norwegian industries are fighting against the current of the ongoing economic crisis, one sector is doing better than ever. The country’s salmon farmers are enjoying some of their best business in history, heralding what could become a ‘Golden Age’ for the industry. Read the full story