Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal
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Department of International Business, Reykjavik, Iceland

Biography

Read Economics at the University of Iceland, where he reiceived his B.Sc degree in 1985.  Following a one year period in the tourism sector he went to Birmingham in England were he received an MBA degree from Aston Business School in 1987.  In 1988 Arnar started working as a senior manager in the International Division of the Commercial Bank of Iceland (later Islandsbanki) where he stayed until 1991

Publications

• Review Article   
  The Salmon Sea Fish Farming Industry in Iceland: A Review
  Author(s): Arnar Bjarnason* and Soffia Karen Magn�ºsd�³ttir
  
  Iceland has for a long time been renowned for its rich fishing grounds and prolific fisheries sector. Salmon sea fish farming in Iceland, as we know it today, is however a relatively young industry which goes back only few years. It has however, already experienced strong growth in investment, production, exports revenue and is a provider of employment in rural areas in Iceland. Operating licences issued for salmon farming in sea cages in Iceland, amount in total to less than 60 thousand tons. The four biggest companies in the industry which control nearly all of the operating licences issued in Iceland, are majority owned or fully owned by Norwegian investors and existing companies in the Norwegian salmon industry. With one or two exceptions, for some reason, companies in the Icelandic fisheries and fish processing sector, do not participate as investors and shareholders in the build.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2150-3508.19.10.272

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