What are fish nursery grounds? Nursery grounds are places where young fish find food, favourable temperature and protection from predators during their early life stages. Different species of fish, including Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and saithe (Pollachius virens) juveniles, settle in nearshore areas at different times and depths, depending for example on the […]
Hvað eru uppeldissvæði fiska? Uppeldissvæði eru svæði þar sem seiði og ungir fiskar geta fundið fæði, hagstætt hitastig og öryggi frá rándýrum. Mismunandi tegundir af fiskum, eins og þorska (Gadus morhua) og ufsa (Pollachius virens) seiði, setjast að á svæðum við ströndina á mismunandi tíma og við mismunandi dýpi. Til dæmis getur tímasetning
Í þessari viku erum við spennt að kynna Einar Pétur Jónsson, doktorsnema og sjávarlíffræðingur hjá Hafrannsóknastofnun. Einar hefur ástríðu fyrir sjávarlíffræði og djúpan áhuga á því hvernig líf bregst við umhverfisbreytingum. Kynnumst Einari Uppáhalds fiskurinn hans Einars er hlýri, og þegar hann er spurður hvort hann kjósi rannsóknarstofu eða feltvinnu, svarar hann með
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This week, we’re excited to introduce Einar Pétur Jónsson, a PhD candidate and fish researcher at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI). Einar is passionate about marine biology and has a deep curiosity for how life responds to environmental change. Meet Einar Einar’s favorite fish is the spotted wolffish, and when asked
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A new international research project called CODSPA has just begun. The project aims to study how stress affects cod reproduction during spawning season. Researchers from Norway, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands are working together on this important study. What is CODSPA? CODSPA stands for Cod Spawning Project. It will run from 2025 to 2028 and
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Today we are putting Dr. Marion Dellinger in the spotlight as she is defending her PhD ! Congratulations Marion! A New Life Accomplishment On November 29th, Marion will defend her PhD thesis titled “Eco-evolutionary processes in personality and spatial cognition of Arctic charr morphs (Salvelinus alpinus)”. She studies fish behaviour (more particularly their personality
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Anja Nickel and her co-authors, Dr. Steven Campana and Dr. Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir, published a paper this past summer in Journal of Fish Biology about the movement of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and saithe (Pollachius virens) in the shallow coastal waters. With the use of acoustic telemetry, Anja and her team, investigated the effect
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Vitor asked us a great question if we knew about any books on Icelandic aquatic fauna that would help someone understand the importance of fish research. So we compiled a list! (With a thank you to Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson who kindly sent us his recommendations). Most of these books are in Icelandic but
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Meet Luca Altavilla, he is a visiting PhD student from the University of Venice, Italy. Part of his research is in collaboration with the University of Iceland, Research Centre of the Westfjords to explore how sculpins (Cottoidae spp.) could be used as ecological indicators within fjord systems. Acoustic telemetry will be used to track the
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Hi everyone, my name is Michelle and I am from Canada. As a little girl, I wanted to grow up to be a Marine Biologist. The idea started when I learned how to swim at a family cottage in Northern Ontario and wanted to keep getting back into the water to snorkel and look at
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