Iceland's qualities make energy-intensive food production such as fish farming a cleaner, less costly process with a top level result.

Iceland's clean waters and plentiful sources of environmentally friendly energy, including surplus geothermal water from power plants, make it an excellent environment for high-quality fish farming.

Reasons to choose Iceland:

Pure geothermal water

• Icelanders have been working with aquaculture for over a century.
• Using the natural resources available enables farms to produce high-quality fish in a pure environment. 

Energy that is clean, green and low cost

Iceland's environmentally friendly energy presents a unique opportunity for a production process that has:

• No carbon footprint
• Less business cost

An exciting mix of experience and opportunity

• Iceland is already the main aquatic farmer of Atlantic Char and also a major producer of Atlantic cod, Atlantic salmon, and other species.
• As of 2008 there were 50 registered fish farms in Iceland, mostly dealing with salmonid. They are a mixture of:
  • Farms that produce juveniles
  • Sea cage farms
  • Land-based farms
  • Mussel farms
  • Research stations

Icelandic aquaculture companies that are already using natural energy resources:

• Matorka uses natural geothermal water and other natural resources in their production of Arctic Char and Tilapia. 
• Stolt Sea farm is preparing to produce up to 2,000 tonnes of Senegalese sole on Reykjanes.