Do you want fresh fish and other seafood? The fish market by the old harbor opened at the Festival of the Sea, last. Saturday, June 5th.
The fish market management company at Suðurbugt, in collaboration with Faxaflóahafnir and Matís, is responsible for the fish market. The fish market will be open from 10-17 and it is planned that it will be held every Saturday until the autumn.
The project was originally launched in 2009 already The AVS Fund supported the preparation of a research report and a proposal for the appearance and installation of a fish market for the general public (see the report here). Part of the report was then submitted to an idea competition for innovation in tourism, which Höfuðborgarstofa organized in 2009. The project received a grant for funding and a company was subsequently established to establish the fish market.
At the Fish Market by the old harbor, it is recommended that fresh seafood be sold and that those who sell it can inform buyers about its quality, origin and use. But how to evaluate the freshness of fish and other seafood?
At Matís, research has been done on the freshness of seafood for years. One product of this research is the so-called quality coefficient method for assessing freshness.
This method has been adapted to the freshness assessment for various common fish species:
For further information, contact Þóra Valsdóttir, thora.valsdottir@matis.is, and Kolbrún Sveinsdóttir, kolbrun.sveinsdottir@matis.is.