The Icelandic Environmental Fund of Aquaculture adds almost three-quarters of a million euros to the 2024 call, which already exceeded EUR 1 million in funding.
Approximately 1,200 farmed salmon have already been recaptured but Norway's Directorate of Fisheries ordered Lerøy Midt Sjø to extend recapture efforts in Hitra for another week.
The Icelandic Parliament has approved additional funds to develop oversight of the country's burgeoning aquaculture industry, following the recent Arctic Fish salmon escape.