News
An Icelandic Celebration Held (at least) Twice a Week
It’s the most wonderful time of the week! An Icelandic Fishmas is a twice weekly culinary celebration of the Nordic island’s bounty of delicious seafood.
Icelandic Cod-, Haddock- and Saithe fisheries re-certified
Read the full Re-assessment Reports here.
IRFM certification program granted continued GSSI recognition
As of the 27th of December 2019, the Iceland Responsible Fisheries Programme recieved continued GSSI recognition
Announcement of Peer Reviewers for the Re-Assessment of the Icelandic Haddock & Saithe Commercial Fisheries
Read the full announcement here.
Icelandic Summer-spawning Herring-, Ling- and Tusk fisheries IRFM certified
On August 23, 2019 SAI Global´s Fishery Certification Committee granted the species Ling, Tusk and Herring full certification to the IRFM Standard version 2.0.
TAC quotas for 2019/2020 follow scientific advice
For the upcoming fishing year, starting on the 1 September 2019, the cod quota has been increased to 272,411 tons from 264,437 tons for the year before.
Icelandic Goldfish redfish re-certified
On the 3rd of July 2019, an independent certification committee of Global Trust/SAI Global awarded re-certification to the Icelandic Golden redfish.
New employee at IRFF
Sigrid Merino Sardà, BA in Law, has been hired from May this year as a specialist/ analyst at IRFF´s office for the next six months.
Seafood Expo Global in Brussels 7-9 May
The Seafood Expo Global and the Seafood Processing Global will be held on May 7 – 9 in Brussels.
Revised Chain of Custody standard published
Revision 3.0 of IRFF Chain of Custody Standard published and effective from March 29, 2019.