Atlantic Leather is mostly made from three species of fish: Atlantic Salmon, Ocean Catfish and Nile Perch. Fish skin is tanned, coloured leather made from the thin,- yet strong, fish skin in various finishes from Iceland. The conservational methods have been developed from traditional tanning and newly developed technologies. Fish tongues and fish cheeks are still a delicacy in Icelandic restaurants.

Fish skin is 10% of the total weight of each beast. It makes a luxuriously thin type of leather with an interesting surface. When the fish scales are scraped off they leave a pattern in the leather, which is unique for each species of fish and a specific texture to the products. Because the skin is always halved during the fish process each piece of leather is long and proportionally thin.

The skin is purchased from the fishing industry and kept cool until it is tanned.  The skin is hand strung after the tanning process. While each skin must be handled several times they are also checked for holes and damages.