Björk uses Oral royalties to support Seyðisfjörður anti-fish farm campaign.
Björk has detailed a series of environmental lawsuits supported by proceeds from her 2023 single Oral, released with Rosalía, setting out four active cases targeting open-net pen salmon farming in Iceland.
In a post marking the track’s two-year anniversary, the artist said all income from the song had been directed toward “invent[ing] a new legal environment to protect nature” and preventing Iceland from being “submerged in the fish-farming industries”. She thanked Rosalía for what she described as an “overgenerous gesture” and noted unexpectedly high support from listeners.
Björk said the funds have been used to advance four cases. The first concerns opposition in Seyðisfjörður, where local residents are seeking to halt the licensing process for a proposed fish farm. A second case focuses on marine spatial planning in the same fjord. The third involves escape incidents linked to farms in Tálknafjörður and Patreksfjörður in the Westfjords. The fourth concerns Sandeyri, where she said legal action aims to stop a farm built “against a farmer’s will”.
According to the statement, the revenue from Oral has enabled campaigners to continue pursuing further cases intended to strengthen wider marine and freshwater protections. Björk linked the efforts to the international “30 by 30” goal, which seeks to protect 30 percent of land and sea by 2030.
Björk has aligned herself with AEGIS and other Icelandic environmental organisations campaigning against open-net pen salmon aquaculture, which they argue poses risks to ecosystems through pollution, disease and fish escapes.
