NEWS RELEASE FISHERIES 14 AUGUST 2019

The total catch of Icelandic vessels in 2018 was 1,259 thousand tonnes, 79 thousand tonnes more than in the previous year. The first sale value was 128 billion ISK which is 15.6% increase from 2017.

Demersal catch was 480 thousand tonnes in 2018 which is 51 thousand tonnes more than for the previous year. The value of landed demersal species was just over 91 billion ISK and incresed by 17.9% from 2017.

Catch of pelagic species was 739 thousand tonnes which is an increase by 21 thousand tonnes from 2017. This was mostly due to an increase in catch of blue whiting by roughly 64 thousand tonnes. The first sale value of pelagic catch in 2018 was 24.5 billion ISK and increased by 2.6% from previous year.

Total catch of Icelandic vessels 1984–2018

Catch volume and value of catch for major species 2017-2018
Volume of catch, tonnes Catch value, billion ISK
20172018DifferenceDiff. %20172018DifferenceDiff., %
Total1,179,5261,258,55179,0256.7110,681127,93717,25615.6
Demersal catch428,883480,22451,34112.076,97290,75513,78317.9
Cod252,934275,01722,0848.749,43757,4458,00816.2
Haddock36,15948,45912,30134.07,95510,5892,63333.1
Saithe49,36466,25016,88634.26,4287,9471,51923.6
Redfish58,51657,989-527-0.98,83710,2081,37215.5
Oceanic redfish2,0021,138-864-43.2333219-114-34.3
Flatfish catch21,91527,0905,17523.67,49210,1622,67035.6
Greenland halibut11,93315,2103,27727.55,6377,4671,83032.5
Plaice6,6928,3231,63124.41,1021,80570263.7
Pelagic catch718,158738,73920,5812.923,77824,4056272.6
Herring46,31740,460-5,857-12.61,5931,362-231-14.5
Norwegian spring-spawning herring80,48183,4452,9643.72,8723,27940714.2
Capelin179,573178,128-1,445-0.83,5974,7301,13331.5
Capelin roe17,2618,198-9,063-52.53,1131,161-1,951-62.7
Blue whiting228,935292,94964,01428.04,0786,3662,28856.1
Atlantic mackerel165,591135,559-30,032-18.18,5257,507-1,019-11.9
Shellfish catch10,56812,4981,93018.32,4392,6151777.2
Lobster1,194728-466-39.0834568-266-31.9
Shrimp4,5664,473-93-2.01,2311,48925821.0
Miscellaneous000 -0000

Statistics

Further Information

For further information please contact 528 1260 , email fiskitolur@hagstofa.is

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