News and Articles
Information Seminar
September 06 2002
Developments in the Utilisation of Marine Resources
A general information seminar held by the Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries
Programme
Part 1
Fisheries Management – an Overview and Future Concerns
Opening address: Árni M. Mathiesen, Minister of Fisheries
Fisheries management – principal methods, advantages and disadvantages: Friðrik Már Baldursson, research professor at the University of Iceland
Fisheries management – principal methods, advantages and disadvantages (ppt - 1,8Mb)
Surveillance of fisheries and processing; arrangements and implementation in the light of technological advances: Þórður Ásgeirsson, Director of the
Directorate of Fisheries
Fisheries management – principal methods, advantages and disadvantages (doc - 29kb)
Fisheries management (ppt - 3,5Mb)
Part 2
Stock Size Assessment
Stock Size Assessment
Biological factors in stock size assessment: Björn Ævarr Steinarsson, marine biologist at the Marine Research Institute
Biological factors in stock size assessment (ppt 341Kb)
Development of stock size assessment methodology: Gunnar Stefánsson, associate professor at the University of Iceland
Development of stock size assessment methodology (ppt - 149kb)
Stock size assesssment – where is improvement needed most? Kristján Þórarinsson, stock ecologist, Federation of Icelandic Fishing Vessel Owners
Stock size assesssment – where is improvement needed most? (ppt - 45kb)
Part 3
Added-value for Marine Catch
Added-value for Marine Catch
Presentation of Ministry of Fisheries' priority projects on added-value for marine catch (AVS project): Friðrik Friðriksson, chairman of the project group and of the
Board of the Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories stjórnarformaður Rannsóknastofnunar fiskiðnaðarins.
Presentation of Ministry of Fisheries' priority projects on added-value for marine catch (AVS project) (ppt - 102kb)
The role of research institutes in AVS and parallel projects: Sjöfn Sigurgísladóttir, director of the Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories
The role of research institutes in AVS and parallel projects (ppt - 2,2Mb)
By-products of the fishing industry and aquaculture: an industry view on these two potential growth areas Guðbrandur Sigurðsson, director of the Akureyri Trawler
Co.
By-products of the fishing industry and aquaculture (ppt - 1,3Mb)
Conclusions and closing: Ármann Kr. Ólafsson assistant to the Minister of Fisheries.
Conclusions and closing (doc - 25kb)