Catch of Icelandic vessels in November 2020 was 63,864 tonnes, 8% less than in November 2019. The total catch of demersal species was nearly 40 thousand tonnes, 4% decrease compared to November last year. Cod catch was 24 thousand tonnes, 8% decrease compared to November last year.
Pelagic catch was nearly 23 thousand tonnes, 12% less than in the previous year. Shellfish catch decreased as well, was 371 tonnes compared to 937 tonnes in November 2019.
Total catch in the 12 month period from December 2019 to November 2020 amounted to 1,010 thousand tonnes which is 3% less than in the same period one year earlier.
The value index of catch in November 2020 was 9.1% less than in November 2019.
Information about catch of fish which are published in this press release are preliminary figures. The data is gathered by the Directorate of Fisheries.
| November | December-November | |||||
| 2019 | 2020 | % | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | % | |
| Fish catch at constant prices | ||||||
| Index | 79.6 | 72.4 | -9.1 | |||
| Fish catch in tonnes | ||||||
| Total catch | 69,473 | 63,864 | -8 | 1,041,496 | 1,010,477 | -3 |
| Demersal catch | 41,425 | 39,631 | -4 | 479,912 | 460,675 | -4 |
| Cod | 25,826 | 23,642 | -8 | 273,579 | 275,359 | 1 |
| Haddock | 4,619 | 5,573 | 21 | 58,318 | 52,282 | -10 |
| Saithe | 4,457 | 4,598 | 3 | 64,218 | 52,142 | -19 |
| Redfish | 4,195 | 3,853 | -8 | 51,760 | 51,758 | 0 |
| Other demersal catch | 2,328 | 1,965 | -16 | 32,037 | 29,135 | -9 |
| Flatfish | 1,335 | 1,257 | -6 | 22,298 | 22,702 | 2 |
| Pelagic catch | 25,776 | 22,604 | -12 | 528,991 | 522,089 | -1 |
| Herring | 18,584 | 14,040 | -24 | 138,982 | 136,159 | -2 |
| Capelin | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Blue whiting | 7,191 | 8,564 | 19 | 261,933 | 234,398 | -11 |
| Mackerel | 1 | 0 | - | 128,076 | 151,530 | 18 |
| Other pelagic catch | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | - |
| Shellfish | 937 | 371 | -60 | 10,293 | 5,009 | -51 |
| Other species | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 3 | -10 |