On the 4th of May 2010 the staff of the Stefansson Arctic Institute welcomed their partners in the Fishernet project to the 5th Fishernet coordination meeting held in Iceland. During their stay the participants made trips to marine and coastal culture related destinations and took part in a conference in Akureyri. Read the whole programme here.

The programme of the seminar in Icelandic: Auður hafs og stranda

The programme of the seminar in English: The Wealth of Sea and Coast

Presentations held in the Wealth of Sea and Coast seminar the 7th of May 2010.

Anette Horn: Fishing heritage and the view of culture: resource or an obstacle to development? Slide show here

Embla Eir Oddsdóttir: Hydrocarbon Extraction, Shipping and Increased Activity in the North

Francisco X. Fernández Naval: La pesca y la cultura espiritual de una comunidad

Jón Þ. Þór: Sjavarútvegur og íslensk menning

Níels Einarsson: Fiskveiðimenning, sjávarbyggðir og samtíminn

Sif Jóhannesdóttir: Vitar, varp og verstöðvar

Örlygur Kristfinnsson: Stórt safn á litlum stað