Author Archives: Guðmundur Ingi Hjartarson

Life comes to life in the old riverbed – Magnificent construction works on the Laxá River in Keldur

The old riverbed Between Keldnalækjar and Haldfoss, the river flowed until a dam was built in 1968. The river had swept across an area of ​​about 60 hectares and caused significant land degradation. Now the old riverbed has been re-watered, creating new habitat for salmon and trout. At the same time, there is an opportunity to restore […]

Salmon settlement above Tungufoss in Eystri-Rangá based on fishway construction and fish farming of wild salmon stocks

Jóhannes Sturlaugsson – Björn Theodórsson Preliminary studies for 2021-2023 indicate that the river area above Tungufoss in Eystri-Rangá is suitable for salmon when reaching the spring river Teitsvötn. This information is pleasing to those who are working to establish a sustainable salmon population in this future salmon oasis in Eystri-Rangá. At the same time, there is no doubt that fishing right holders […]

Juvenile releases July 2024

Things are still coming to fruition. We started fish farming in the upper reaches of the Eystri Rangá River four years ago. We dug over 120,000 eggs in 22 holes and last year released about 60,000 fry into the river with the help of good friends. Conditions above Tungufoss are very good, the temperature and gravel are ideal for spawning. We set up a temperature-sirimeter […]

Electrofishing 2023

We electrofished with Jóhannes Sturlaugsson last year and it turned out that the spawning and fry releases went well. We found hatching fry and the fry that were released last year have reached the size to go to sea. Well done, said Jóhannes. The salmon fry were measured in weight and length and taken for further research. A large number of char fry were also found.

Interview with Guðmundur Inga Hjartarson – Podcast episode on “Þrír á Stöng”

Guðmundur Ingi Hjartarson, better known as Dommi, stopped by to talk about a 30-year-old dream he is making come true. The technical specialist turned to his passion developing a new wild salmon river in Iceland has many great fishing stories in his bag and is doing some really exciting things as a charterer and fisherman. Enjoy, dear, because we enjoyed it.

Salmon Fish Farming Initiative @ River in Keldur

The North Atlantic salmon, has faced a decline in recent decades due to various environmental challenges and human activities. In an effort to revive and expand the salmon population, an interesting project is underway to expand one of the most productive salmon fishing rivers in the country and promote natural spawning. This initiative aims not only to strengthen the salmon population but also to promote the overall health […]

Spawning and fry releases

It can be said that things are finally coming true. My cousin Lydur Skulason and I started fish farming in the upper reaches of the Eystri Rangá River two years ago. We dug over 120,000 eggs in 22 holes and last year released about 60,000 fry into the river with the help of good friends. Conditions above Tungufoss are very good, the temperature and gravel for spawning […]

Reviews of biologists and ichthyologists

Jóhannes Sturlaugsson and Björn Theódórsson It can be said that this project is almost without precedent, but the opinion of the ichthyologists who said that this was probably the only large river that could still be built in Iceland and that further research was needed. During research last summer, the question often came up: “why hasn’t anyone done […]