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• For 2025, transfers with Norway and the Faroe Islands provided 3,100 tonnes of quota, worth an estimated £7.9 million of fishing opportunities. GOV.UK
• The Faroe Islands negotiates reciprocal exchanges of fishing opportunities with the EU, Norway, Russia, and the United Kingdom annually. United States Department of State
• Copenhagen, the Faroe Islands government, and the Greenlandic government agreed that the security situation in the North will need more initiatives and are planning to finalize a second Arctic agreement in the first half of 2025. Eye on the Arctic
• A consortium of researchers from Scotland, Norway and the Faroe Islands are working on a new benchmark testing tool that could help to better validate the predictions of the dispersion of the sea lice in water and enhance fish health. Handmade With Love
• Planned to start sailing in 2026, the ships that are designed for the North Atlantic run to Iceland and the Faroe Islands will be prepared to sail on e-methanol. The Maritime Executive
• Denmark promised 16 billion crowns in total, which in addition to the long-range drones, will also restart an ammunition factory and fund a new air warning radar in the Faroe Islands. The Arctic Institute - Center for Circumpolar Security
• In 2024, Bakkafrost expects to harvest around 66,000 tonnes gutted weight in the Faroe Islands and 25,000 tonnes gutted weight in Scotland, giving a total of around 91,000 tonnes gutted weight. Bakkafrost
• The lower growth in the Faroe Islands in Q3 2023 will affect the expected harvest volume for Q4 2023, which expected to be around 16,600 tonnes gutted weight, as some of the previously planned harvest volume will be moved to Q1 2024 and harvested at higher harvest weights. Bakkafrost
• The delegations of the European Union, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Norway and the United Kingdom reached an agreement on the management measures for mackerel, blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring in the North-East Atlantic for 2024. Oceans and fisheries
• Russia cannot be allowed to operate with near impunity in the Faroe Islands or threaten NATO's strategic communications through its influence in Greenland or Svalbard. DNyuz
• Minesto is collaborating with the utility SEV to build a tidal kite array in the Faroe Islands with the potential to generate 20-40 MW of capacity at each location for a total of 120 MW/350GWh per year. Cleantech Group
• In a place like the Faroe Islands, where most things are imported and prices are already high, adding more cost risks punishing the nature-loving tourists keen to visit. Positive News
• The Faroe Islands, an incongruous speckling of green in the North Atlantic, are about as far away as you can hope to get on Earth from a toxic-waste dump, time zones distant from the nearest population centers (Norway to the east, Iceland to the west). The New York Times
• There are European countries that are not part of the EU but where the infection risk is the same as in the rest of the EU, for example, Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, San Marino, Switzerland, or Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Radio Prague International
• The Faroe Islands will soon have direct flights to the United States, creating new opportunities for tourism and trade. U.S. Department of State
• Whales and dolphins around the Faroe Islands are under threat and understanding the impact that whaling has on their population is crucial to safeguarding them for the future. Newsweek
• As a crucial hub for Smyril Line's passenger ferries across Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland, the Henning Larsen-designed terminal will accommodate the changing seasons and the Nordic climate. Designboom
• Russian access to Faroe Islands' north Atlantic ports will be restricted exclusively to fishing, in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Guardian
• The tiny North Atlantic community that is the Faroe Islands (population 52,000) is something of a bridesmaid in the Nordic countries, with a much higher standard of living than might be anticipated (and mainly based on fishing). Island Innovation
• Expected to cover a range of between 3 and 400 km, the new radar system to be installed in the Faroe Islands will enhance the Norwegian Armed Forces' monitoring of the North Atlantic by keeping a watchful eye on the airspace between Iceland, Norway, and Great Britain. Defense Brief

Last updated: 14 June 2025