Valdimar Össurarson runs a company called Valorka, which has designed a marine electric turbine by the same name. The generator won first prize at the International Inventors’ Awards 2011. The company hopes its turbine will create a steady and reliable supply of electricity. Read the full story

The Icelandic Coastguard yesterday faced a stiff challenge when a large cargo ship lost its rudder off the country’s southeast coast and narrowly avoided washing up on the shore. Read the full story

The seas off the Westfjords region of Iceland have been teeming with an unusual number of fish in recent weeks and the town of Bolungarvik has not processed greater volumes of catch in over ten years. Read the full story

The trouble-hit Landeyjahofn harbour, built to shorten trips between the Westman Islands and the Icelandic mainland, was built in the wrong place, according to the director of the Coastguard service. Read the full story

Increasing sea temperature and growing mackerel numbers around Iceland are having a direct impact on the collapse of sand eel populations upon which birds like puffins and Arctic terns depend. Read the full story

A bottlenose dolphin has washed ashore are Vikurfjara in Iceland. The bottlenose dolphin is a very rare visitor to Iceland. Read the full story

Scientists are increasingly concerned by the effects of exhaust pollution on sealife. The sea around Iceland is reaching its maximum pollution tolerance level, says one oceanographer. Read the full story

This morning an Icelandic coastguard patrol ship was in the right place at the right time to assist a French yacht with “some sort of debris” stuck in its propeller. Read the full story

A new monitoring and information system for Northern coastal areas will be set up by the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs in Norway. Known as BarentsWatch, the full-spectrum project will be managed by the Norwegian Coastal Administration and will involve many specialist bodies, such as the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the Norwegian Mapping Authority. Read the full story

The Festival of the Sea has taken over Reykjavik all this weekend in celebration of Seamen’s Day, which is today. The celebration of Iceland’s important fishing industry is also taking place all over the country. Read the full story