Salmon farming boom is supercharging Iceland's seafood sector

Compared with just five years ago the export value of aquaculture has quadrupled and even rescued the shortfall in revenues from ‘traditional’ seafood exports in the months after the pandemic.

Jon Bjarki Bentsson, chief economist at Islandsbanki.
Jon Bjarki Bentsson, chief economist at Islandsbanki.Foto: Islandsbanki.
Published 1 February 2021, 19:09Updated 1 February 2021, 19:09
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