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growing, herbivorous / omnivorous species, utilization of effluent water from the aquaculture for
green house production (aquaponics), increased production of local sustainable feed ingredients for
aquaculture and processing of rest materials making valuable byproducts. Matorka names the
ideology the Green Circle, see figure 5.
Figure 5: Matorka´s Green Circle ideology.
3.5 Aquaculture in Iceland
Aquaculture in Iceland took off in 1984-1987 with import of salmon, but has never reached high
production volumes. The production peaked in 2006 with almost 10,000 tons, whereof 7,000 tons
were salmon, see figure 6. The salmon was produced in two stations in East-Iceland, and when they
stopped, the production went down to 300 tons in 2008. Salmon is produced in Öxarfjördur in
North-Iceland and salmon production has started in the West-fjords. The production in 2010 was
appr. 1,000 tons and the annual production capacity is planned to increase up to a few thousand
tons. The production of salmon in Iceland as food fish is not believed to reach very high volumes.
Though, the export of salmon eye roes and fingerlings to Chile and Norway is increasing and could
be expanded substantially.
The landbased aquaculture in Iceland is mainly Arctic charr production. The breeding started in
1991 at Stofnfiskur and in 1992 at Holaskoli. In recent years the production of Arctic charr has
increased and is now appr. 3,000 tons, or 60% of the total aquaculture production in Iceland. It is
expected to increase substantially in the next few years.
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