The New Fish Wave

"Can we inspire other seafood nations to follow the Icelandic example: creating more value in seafood through innovation and collaboration?" This is the question Dr. Thor Sigfusson, founder of the Iceland Ocean Cluster tackles in his new book. The New Fish Wave describes how the Iceland Ocean Cluster has inspired more innovation and entrepreneurship in the global seafood industry: doing more with less to create value from fish byproducts and to build sustainable global fisheries. The world can learn from Iceland, the small fishing nation in the North Atlantic – which has in many ways transformed itself from being one of the poorest countries in the world a century ago to becoming a niche leader in fish and one of the richest nations in the world. Iceland is a nation which has shown pride in its seafood industry and uses new innovation to safeguard the environment, create wealth, derive more value from each fish and manage fisheries in a sustainable way.

Thor Sigfusson is an Icelandic entrepreneur, author, and speaker. He is globally recognized as an authority in the field of innovation and startups in seafood. He has written six books on topics such business, globalization and fish. Dr. Sigfusson is founder and chairman of Iceland Ocean Cluster and The Ocean Cluster House which have become global models of best practice in creating new seafood ecosystems. The Ocean Cluster network is now expanding globally with the sister clusters established in the US and supporting cluster initiatives around the globe.