For years Atlantic Leather has been producing fishleather from different varieties of fish commonly caught for food. For this reason, these materials are a by-product reclaimed from food processing activities, as the animals are not raised with the express purpose of using their hides. The fishing stocks we source are all robust and far from any risk of endangerment. By selecting fishleather hides from Atlantic Leather, manufacturers can offer consumers a stylish and popular item that is also environmentally sound. 

The Power of Nature
Atlantic Leather relies on the power of nature in its methods of producing fishleather. Our tanning and coloration processes require abundant hot water, which means that such production would generally be considered energy-intensive and even harmful to the environment. However, we use only geothermal hot water, which is an efficient, environmentally-friendly and renewable resource. In addition, all electricity comes from a hydroelectric power station.

Sourcing Raw Materials
The use of fishleather has a long history, and with years of development Atlantic Leather has managed to reclaim age-old skills and methods that had, to a large extent, been lost. We are proud of our success: leather of the highest quality.

Salmon swims wild in the North Atlantic Ocean but enters Icelandic rivers to breed. It is also farmed for food in marine pens in some fjords of Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Norway and elsewhere.

The wolffish is a deep-sea species caught for food in the fishing grounds around Iceland.

Cod has been caught for food along Iceland's coast for centuries and today it is Iceland's most common marine export. Cod is popular among gourmets the world round, for example the salt cod used in Portuguese bacalao.

Atlantic Leather purchases Nile perch from fish processors in Africa. This species is caught in Lake Victoria by the fishermen of the surrounding countries: Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.