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 […]

Thermometers installed

Temperature measurements of the Eystri Rangá River have been carried out to better understand how the river warms up on its way down from the highlands and what effect cold streams that flow into the river have on cooling it down. We chose these two locations as the upper and lower areas before the cold streams exit […]

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 […]