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How an Icelandic scheme aims to use fish entirely and eliminate waste

The innovative green project 100% Fish is repurposing fish waste products to make everything from leather and skin grafts to collagen, finds Graham Lawton

By Graham Lawton

17 January 2024

The Iceland Ocean Cluster House

Lilja Alfredsdottir, Iceland’s minister of culture and trade (left), with Thor Sigfusson, founder and chairman of the Iceland Ocean Cluster

Joe Shutter/Iceland Ocean Cluster

AFTER taking a breather for a couple of months, I am back onto two of my favourite subjects: fish and the Nordic countries. I used to be jokingly known as New Scientist‘s ambassador to Finland. I have now switched my allegiances to Iceland after two reporting trips there last year.

One was to cover the horrors of the open-pen salmon farming industry. The other was to visit the…

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