Contact
Sophie Jensen
Project Manager
sophie.jensen@matis.is
Matís has just started a project in collaboration with Sæbýli with a grant from the Technology Development Fund, where work will be done to build a foundation for scaling up sea urchin farming in Iceland. The world market has grown enormously over the last 10 years and all indications are that growth will continue.
Sæbýli has now built a facility in Eyrabakki for continued breeding and Þorlákshöfn for breeding and fertilization. Production into the market is now in the early stages, but the farm has a production capacity of 70 tons / year into the world market, which counts at least. 150 thousand tons. Sæbýli's long-term goal is to build up an aquaculture industry in Iceland with production of over 1000 tonnes / year by building up standard production units in other parts of Iceland. In order for this to happen, certain technical barriers to upscaling need to be resolved and, based on that, "state-of-the-art"Standard production house.
Furthermore, data will be collected in this project to demonstrate the health and wholesomeness of the products as well as data on the environmental impact of the production. Communication with Icelandic consumers, restaurants and stakeholders will be established, as well as marketing measures abroad.