Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 56.5 billion ISK in January-April 2013, compared with 58.6 billion ISK in the first four months of 2012. Total value decreased therefore by 3.6% between years.
Total value of demersal species accounted for ISK 34 billion; thereof cod ISK 18 billion, haddock 4.8 billion, and redfish 5.4 billion. Total value of pelagic species accounted for ISK 18.1 billion and flatfish catches for 2.9 billion.
Value of catch in January-April 2013 | ||||||
Million ISK | April | January-April | % change from | |||
2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | previous year | ||
Total value | 11,960.1 | 11,903.4 | 58,611.2 | 56,517.7 | -3.6 | |
Demersal catch | 8,277.7 | 8,228.3 | 36,573.7 | 33,788.4 | -7.6 | |
Cod | 3,982.8 | 3,722.1 | 19,779.0 | 17,963.9 | -9.2 | |
Haddock | 1,225.5 | 1,079.5 | 5,605.7 | 4,816.8 | -14.1 | |
Saith | 767.2 | 1,220.0 | 2,432.7 | 2,938.3 | 20.8 | |
Redfish | 1,369.9 | 1,418.6 | 5,989.4 | 5,417.1 | -9.6 | |
Ocean redfish | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | |
Other demersal | 932.3 | 788.1 | 2,767.0 | 2,652.3 | -4.1 | |
Flatfish catch | 1,120.6 | 808.8 | 3,982.8 | 2,880.2 | -27.7 | |
Pelagic catch | 1,438.8 | 1,697.2 | 16,206.5 | 18,114.6 | 11.8 | |
Herring | 0.0 | 0.0 | 47.3 | 32.9 | -30.5 | |
Capelin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13,117.4 | 15,634.9 | 19.2 | |
Blue whiting | 1,437.7 | 1,695.3 | 1,568.3 | 1,721.8 | 9.8 | |
Other pelagics | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1,473.5 | 724.9 | -50.8 | |
Shellfish catch | 450.4 | 833.7 | 967.2 | 1,332.0 | 37.7 | |
Shrimp | 347.3 | 740.4 | 847.1 | 1,225.8 | 44.7 | |
Other shellfish | 103.1 | 93.2 | 120.2 | 106.2 | -11.7 | |
Miscellaneous catch | 672.6 | 335.5 | 880.9 | 402.6 | -54.3 |
Value of catch by type of landing January-April 2013 | ||||||
Million ISK | April | January-April | % change from | |||
2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | previous year | ||
Total value | 11,960.1 | 11,903.4 | 58,611.2 | 56,517.7 | -3.6 | |
For domestic processing | 5,156.2 | 5,326.6 | 32,369.4 | 32,269.7 | -0.3 | |
For export in containers | 613.8 | 367.8 | 2,169.1 | 1,503.4 | -30.7 | |
Landed abroad for fishmeal and oil production | 12.7 | 251.4 | 118.5 | 251.4 | 112.2 | |
Frozen at sea | 4,201.9 | 4,015.9 | 15,651.5 | 14,512.4 | -7.3 | |
To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,869.8 | 1,860.8 | 7,954.1 | 7,652.6 | -3.8 | |
Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 44.4 | 30.2 | 93.8 | 30.2 | -67.8 | |
Fresh fish sold from vessel abroad | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | |
Farmed fish | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | |
Other types of landings | 61.2 | 50.8 | 254.9 | 298.0 | 16.9 |
Value of catch by region of landing January - April 2013 | ||||||
Million ISK | April | January-April | % change from | |||
2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | previous year | ||
Total value | 11,960.1 | 11,903.4 | 58,611.2 | 56,517.7 | -3.6 | |
Capital region | 2,843.9 | 3,457.2 | 12,286.9 | 11,826.9 | -3.7 | |
Southwest | 2,320.7 | 1,913.1 | 9,888.6 | 8,743.5 | -11.6 | |
West | 743.6 | 678.5 | 3,928.0 | 3,093.9 | -21.2 | |
Westfjords | 908.5 | 865.8 | 2,853.9 | 3,133.9 | 9.8 | |
Northwest | 1,012.1 | 1,133.0 | 3,597.8 | 3,545.7 | -1.4 | |
Northeast | 1,125.4 | 753.2 | 5,770.5 | 5,303.9 | -8.1 | |
East | 1,258.0 | 1,614.6 | 10,895.7 | 11,947.6 | 9.7 | |
Southwest | 1,121.4 | 828.7 | 7,102.3 | 7,054.2 | -0.7 | |
Abroad | 626.5 | 659.4 | 2,287.6 | 1,868.0 | -18.3 |