Current and future competitiveness of the Icelandic and Norwegian salmon farming industries: A comparison of economic performance, productivity, and characteristics of the national environments in which the salmon farming companies operate

• Main Author: Vormedal, Sverre
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT The Arctic University of Norway 2021
• Subjects: VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Aquaculture: 922; VDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920::Akvakultur: 922; FSK-3910; Norway; Slaughter; Atlantic salmon; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22319

While Norway has had a world-leading position in farmed Atlantic salmon since the pioneer age of the 1960s and 1970s, Iceland’s history of salmon farming is one of misadventure; however, a third attempt to become a viable player in the global industry is underway. Despite disagreements over terminol...