Catch of Icelandic vessels in October 2020 was 86,774 tonnes. The total catch of demersal species was nearly 40 thousand tonnes, 3% more than in October last year. Cod catch was 24 thousand tonnes, similar catch as in October last year, and Haddock catch was nearly 6 thousand tonnes, an increase of 33%.
Pelagic catch was just over 44 thousand tonnes, 12% less than in the previous year.
Total catch in the 12 month period from November 2019 to October 2020 amounted to 1,016 thousand tonnes which is 5% less than in the same period one year earlier.
The value index of catch in October 2020 is 5.2% less than in October 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.
| Fish catch | ||||||
| October | November-October | |||||
| 2019 | 2020 | % | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | % | |
| Fish catch at constant prices | ||||||
| Index | 84.2 | 79.8 | -5.2 | |||
| Fish catch in tonnes | ||||||
| Total catch | 91,612 | 86,774 | -5 | 1,069,838 | 1,016,120 | -5 |
| Demersal catch | 38,572 | 39,885 | 3 | 484,047 | 462,506 | -4 |
| Cod | 23,994 | 23,771 | -1 | 274,015 | 277,576 | 1 |
| Haddock | 4,431 | 5,914 | 33 | 59,595 | 51,328 | -14 |
| Saithe | 4,605 | 4,243 | -8 | 67,097 | 51,997 | -23 |
| Redfish | 4,249 | 4,508 | 6 | 52,151 | 52,109 | 0 |
| Other demersal catch | 1,293 | 1,449 | 12 | 31,189 | 29,496 | -5 |
| Flatfish | 1,674 | 1,943 | 16 | 22,483 | 22,776 | 1 |
| Pelagic catch | 50,292 | 44,422 | -12 | 553,089 | 525,261 | -5 |
| Herring | 48,969 | 35,958 | -27 | 156,647 | 140,703 | -10 |
| Capelin | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Blue whiting | 1,323 | 8,463 | 540 | 268,354 | 233,025 | -13 |
| Mackerel | 0 | 0 | - | 128,088 | 151,530 | 18 |
| Other pelagic catch | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 2 | - |
| Shellfish | 1,072 | 521 | -51 | 10,215 | 5,575 | -45 |
| Other species | 2 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 3 | -23 |