The value of catch from Icelandic fishing vessels in September was 12.4 billion ISK, 13.6% more than in September last year. Demersal catch value increased by 26.5% and the total value was 8.2 billion ISK. All major demersal species increased in value compared to September last year, cod by 23.6%, haddock by 37% and saithe by 35.4%. Value of pelagic catch was 5.8% less than in September 2018, or about 3.4 billion ISK whereas it was nearly 3.6 billion in 2018. The dominant pelagic species was herring, with value of 2.2 billion ISK. Value of flatfish was 5.1% more than in September 2018 or 590 million ISK.
Total value of catch in the 12 month period from October 2018 to September 2019 was 144.2 million ISK which is a 15.4% increase compared with the same period a year earlier.
| Value of catch 2018–2019 | ||||||
| Million ISK | September | October-September | ||||
| 2018 | 2019 | % | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | % | |
| Total value | 10,927.1 | 12,414.2 | 13.6 | 124,942.7 | 144,191.5 | 15.4 |
| Demersal catch | 6,518.0 | 8,244.6 | 26.5 | 88,631.8 | 110,309.6 | 24.5 |
| Cod | 4,131.5 | 5,105.7 | 23.6 | 56,861.1 | 67,956.3 | 19.5 |
| Haddock | 756.0 | 1,033.7 | 36.7 | 9,367.0 | 14,657.9 | 56.5 |
| Saithe | 523.1 | 708.1 | 35.4 | 7,243.7 | 10,531.5 | 45.4 |
| Redfish | 840.5 | 1,117.0 | 32.9 | 10,370.7 | 11,794.2 | 13.7 |
| Ocean redfish | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 218.8 | 51.3 | -76.6 |
| Other demersal | 266.9 | 280.1 | 4.9 | 4,570.5 | 5,318.5 | 16.4 |
| Flatfish catch | 561.7 | 590.1 | 5.1 | 9,734.3 | 9,505.7 | -2.3 |
| Pelagic catch | 3,592.2 | 3,384.2 | -5.8 | 23,905.5 | 22,550.9 | -5.7 |
| Herring | 462.1 | 2,196.3 | 375.3 | 4,101.6 | 6,693.0 | 63.2 |
| Capelin | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 5,891.7 | 0.0 | – |
| Blue whiting | 34.2 | 25.8 | -24.5 | 6,285.9 | 7,268.5 | 15.6 |
| Mackerel | 3,095.8 | 1,162.0 | -62.5 | 7,626.3 | 8,589.4 | 12.6 |
| Other pelagics | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
| Shellfish catch | 255.2 | 195.3 | -23.5 | 2,671.1 | 1,825.1 | -31.7 |
| Lobster | 36.2 | 7.8 | -78.4 | 613.7 | 269.5 | -56.1 |
| Shrimp | 144.0 | 55.1 | -61.7 | 1,510.7 | 1,012.0 | -33.0 |
| Other shellfish | 75.0 | 132.4 | 76.6 | 546.7 | 543.6 | -0.6 |
| Miscellaneous catch | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | 0.1 | – |
| Value of catch by type of landing 2018–2019 | ||||||
| Million ISK | September | October-September | ||||
| 2018 | 2019 | % | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | % | |
| Total value | 10,927.1 | 12,414.2 | 13.6 | 124,942.7 | 144,191.5 | 15.4 |
| For domestic processing | 6,586.8 | 7,629.2 | 15.8 | 70,026.1 | 76,660.6 | 9.5 |
| To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,535.3 | 1,797.7 | 17.1 | 18,654.9 | 22,805.7 | 22.3 |
| Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 1.0 | 0.3 | -63.6 |
| For export in containers | 630.0 | 513.1 | -18.6 | 5,217.2 | 6,619.1 | 26.9 |
| Frozen at sea | 2,158.0 | 2,223.8 | 3.1 | 30,785.0 | 37,129.7 | 20.6 |
| Other types of landings | 17.1 | 250.6 | – | 258.5 | 976.0 | – |
| Value of catch by region of landing 2018–2019 | ||||||
| Million ISK | September | October-September | ||||
| 2018 | 2019 | % | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | % | |
| Total value | 10,927.1 | 12,414.2 | 13.6 | 124,942.7 | 144,191.5 | 15.4 |
| Capital region | 2,427.7 | 2,992.8 | 23.3 | 31,329.4 | 37,783.1 | 20.6 |
| West | 417.1 | 545.0 | 30.6 | 7,328.7 | 8,153.8 | 11.3 |
| Westfjords | 415.4 | 665.4 | 60.2 | 6,735.6 | 8,014.9 | 19.0 |
| Northwest | 325.8 | 536.1 | 64.5 | 7,207.0 | 9,956.4 | 38.1 |
| Northeast | 1,643.8 | 1,443.1 | -12.2 | 15,066.6 | 16,297.6 | 8.2 |
| East | 2,603.4 | 2,528.6 | -2.9 | 20,960.2 | 23,550.2 | 12.4 |
| South | 694.5 | 813.6 | 17.1 | 9,763.6 | 8,627.9 | -11.6 |
| Southwest | 1,722.3 | 1,979.8 | 15.0 | 20,974.3 | 23,994.6 | 14.4 |
| Abroad | 677.1 | 909.9 | 34.4 | 5,577.5 | 7,813.0 | 40.1 |
Information about catch value of fish in this press release is based on preliminary figures. The data is based on the first sale value of catch and is gathered by the Directorate of Fisheries.