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The Icelandic Court of Appeals, Landsrettur, has confirmed the District Court of Reykjavik’s ruling and dismissed the claims of the owners of salmon fishing rights in the river Haffjarðará, Akurholt and Geiteyri, against Arnarlax - the biggest Iceland salmon producer, the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority and the Environment Agency of Iceland.

The District Court of Reykjavik has dismissed the claims of Akurholt and Geiteyri, the owners of salmon fishing rights in the river Haffjarðará, against Arnarlax, the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority and the Environment Agency of Iceland. The fishing right owners had demanded that the fish farming licenses of Arnarlax in Arnarfjörður would be annulled. Arnarlax, an Aquaculture Stewardship Certification – ASC certifiied company, is the largest farmer and producer of salmon in Iceland.

Icelandic salmon farmers Arnarlax and Arctic Sea Farm have achieved Aquaculture Stewardship Certification (ASC), one of the most stringent environmental certifications in world aquaculture. This means that all salmon harvested from the Icelandic Westfjords in 2019 will be ASC certified. Both companies operate at locations in fjords on the Westfjord‘s peninsula of Iceland.

Fjarðarlax (100% owned by Arnarlax) has been issued a provisionary operating license due to cancelation of the operating license the company had been granted earlier this year.

Kristian B. Matthíasson, co-founder of Arnarlax and CEO, has decided to step down from his position next year as his family is planning to move to Norway in the summer.

The Icelandic Chefs Association and Arnarlax have reached an agreement

Víkingur Gunnarsson Arnarlax's senior director in a short interview