Field report for snorkeling surveys and removal of escaped farmed salmon in 13 rivers in Iceland 2023

• Main Authors: Skoglund, Helge, Wiers, Tore, Landro, Yngve, Kambestad, Marius, Guðmundsson, Leó Alexander
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: NORCE Norwegian Research Centre 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Norway; Patreksfjörður; Hrútafjarðará; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3109374

In August 2023, the aquaculture company Arctic Fish (Arctic Sea Farm) reported two small holes in one of its net-pens in Patreksfjörður in the Westfjords, Iceland. The Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority estimated that about 3500 farmed salmon escaped from the net-pen. On assignment from the Dir...