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An introduction to the individual transferable quota (ITQ) system
12 October 2021

GRÓ-FTP fellows welcomed to the University of Akureyri

The Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Akureyri receives the visiting GRÓ-FTP fellows
On a guided tour of the Department of Aquaculture and Fish Biology
12 October 2021

GRÓ-FTP fellows welcomed to Verið in Sauðárkrókur

A visit to the Verið, the Department of Aquaculture and Fish Biology in Sauðárkrókur
Fellows outside the Herring Era museum in Siglufjörður
12 October 2021

GRÓ-FTP fellows on a road trip

GRÓ-FTP fellows transition from introductory course to specialist line with an introduction to fisheries in Akureyri and surrounding areas.
10 September 2021

GRÓ∙FTP’s six-month training resuming

GRÓ∙FTP’s six-month training programme is resuming after one year suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Already most of this year’s fellows have arrived safely in Iceland. The remining ones will join the programme in the coming days.
From left: Stefan Úlfarsson, Mary Frances Davidson, Julie Ingham, Nína Björk Jónsdóttir, Jón Karl Ólafsson, Þór Ásgerisson
18 June 2021

Visit from new GRÓ Director General

This week, the Fisheries Training Programme was pleased to welcome the newly appointed Director General for the GRÓ Centre, Ms. Nína Björk Jónsdóttir. Ms. Jónsdóttir and Mr Jón Karl Ólafsson, Chairman of the GRÓ Board, were welcomed by thh GRÓ-FTP staff, who introduced the programme and its new facility at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute in Hafnarfjörður.
From left: Deputy Director (GRÓ-FTP) Mary Frances Davidson, Ambassador Armstrong Changsan, Director (MFRI) Þorsteinn Siguðsson. Photo: Svanhildur Egilsdóttir
5 May 2021

GRÓ-FTP and the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute welcome Indian Ambassador

The GRÓ-FTP and the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) welcome Indian Ambassador for a visit on May 4, 2021.