Please note that this press release was corrected 14 May 2019 at 09:00. In the original release the total catch was said to have increased by 6% in the 12 month period from April 2018 to March 2019 compared with same period a year earlier but the correct change is a 7% decrease.
The landed catch of Icelandic vessels in March 2019 was over 118 thousand tonnes which is a 25% decrease from March 2018. Pelagic catch decreased since no capelin was caught in the period. Demersal catch was just over 52 thousand tonnes and decreased by 2% compared with March 2018.
In the 12 month period from April 2018 to March 2019 the total catch has decreased by 7% compared with the same period one year earlier. The value index in March is 15.6% lower than in March 2018.
| Fish catch | ||||||
| March | April-March | |||||
| 2018 | 2019 | % | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | % | |
| Fish catch at constant prices | ||||||
| Index | 121 | 102 | -15,6 | |||
| Fish catch in tonnes | ||||||
| Total catch | 157.279 | 118.448 | -25 | 1.231.927 | 1.148.365 | -7 |
| Demersal catch | 53.301 | 52.034 | -2 | 472.647 | 489.925 | 4 |
| Cod | 31.565 | 31.309 | -1 | 276.674 | 278.988 | 1 |
| Haddock | 4.143 | 6.154 | 49 | 40.628 | 55.344 | 36 |
| Saithe | 6.341 | 5.469 | -14 | 57.009 | 67.004 | 18 |
| Redfish | 6.960 | 5.547 | -20 | 64.471 | 56.577 | -12 |
| Other demersal catch | 4.292 | 3.555 | -17 | 33.866 | 32.012 | -5 |
| Flatfish | 2.420 | 1.592 | -34 | 24.112 | 27.371 | 14 |
| Pelagic catch | 100.969 | 64.433 | -36 | 724.926 | 618.336 | -15 |
| Herring | 0 | 0 | - | 125.434 | 124.075 | -1 |
| Capelin | 81.698 | 0 | - | 186.333 | 0 | - |
| Blue whiting | 19.271 | 64.433 | 234 | 247.649 | 358.658 | 45 |
| Mackerel | 0 | 0 | - | 165.510 | 135.603 | -18 |
| Other pelagic catch | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | -92 |
| Shellfish | 589 | 390 | -34 | 10.207 | 12.734 | 25 |
| Other species | 0 | 0 | - | 35 | 0 | - |
Information about catch of fish which are published in this press release are preliminary figures. The data is gathered by the Directorate of Fisheries.