In the first six months of 2020 the catch of Icelandic vessels was 458 thousand tonnes, 9% less than during the same period in 2019. The value of first sale was 70.4 billion ISK in the first half of 2020, which is 2% less than in 2019. The value of demersal species in January to June 2020 was 59 billion ISK, 1% less than the year before.
| Catch and value of catch in first half of year 2019-2020 | ||||||
| Tonnes/million ISK | Catch, January-June | Value of catch, January-June | ||||
| 2019 | 2020 | % | 2019 | 2020 | % | |
| Total | 505,341 | 458,100 | -9 | 71,761 | 70,443 | -2 |
| By months | ||||||
| January | 46,345 | 35,743 | -23 | 10,703 | 7,461 | -30 |
| February | 73,960 | 51,529 | -30 | 11,177 | 11,987 | 7 |
| March | 118,374 | 93,270 | -21 | 14,357 | 14,857 | 3 |
| April | 112,955 | 91,295 | -19 | 13,695 | 12,791 | -7 |
| May | 122,148 | 125,034 | 2 | 14,049 | 12,997 | -7 |
| June | 31,559 | 61,229 | 94 | 7,780 | 10,350 | 33 |
| By species | ||||||
| Demersal catch | 263,109 | 245,759 | -7 | 59,349 | 58,593 | -1 |
| Cod | 147,137 | 151,016 | 3 | 37,123 | 40,218 | 8 |
| Haddock | 32,730 | 24,379 | -26 | 7,946 | 5,706 | -28 |
| Saithe | 33,907 | 24,864 | -27 | 4,811 | 3,672 | -24 |
| Redfish | 27,761 | 25,589 | -8 | 5,766 | 6,023 | 4 |
| Other demersal fish | 21,573 | 19,911 | -8 | 3,704 | 2,974 | -20 |
| Flatfish | 12,560 | 11,612 | -8 | 5,337 | 5,274 | -1 |
| Pelagic catch | 226,829 | 195,678 | -14 | 9,245 | 5,977 | -35 |
| Herring | 1,347 | 55 | -96 | 3,210 | 135 | -96 |
| Capelin | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Blue whiting | 224,874 | 187,599 | -17 | 6,020 | 5,413 | -10 |
| Mackerel | 608 | 8,024 | 1,219 | 15 | 429 | - |
| Other pelagic fish | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Shellfish | 3,745 | 1,895 | -49 | 935 | 599 | -36 |
| Lobster | 213 | 138 | -35 | 215 | 141 | -35 |
| Shrimp | 1,582 | 1,435 | -9 | 573 | 419 | -27 |
| Other shellfish | 1,950 | 321 | -84 | 147 | 40 | -73 |
| Miscellaneous catch | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| By type of landing | ||||||
| For domestic processing | 377,490 | 348,571 | -8 | 38,571 | 40,376 | 5 |
| To auction markets | 52,761 | 46,475 | -12 | 12,348 | 11,054 | -10 |
| Frozen at sea | 56,081 | 47,855 | -15 | 16,981 | 15,652 | -8 |
| For export in containers | 13,187 | 11,162 | -15 | 3,389 | 3,038 | -10 |
| Other landing types | 5,822 | 4,037 | -31 | 472 | 323 | -32 |
| By processing region | ||||||
| Capital region | 75,089 | 65,763 | -12 | 18,181 | 17,162 | -6 |
| West | 21,173 | 20,138 | -5 | 5,313 | 5,283 | -1 |
| Westfjords | 18,189 | 14,916 | -18 | 4,384 | 3,861 | -12 |
| Northwest | 18,008 | 18,109 | 1 | 4,931 | 4,977 | 1 |
| Northeast | 37,622 | 37,183 | -1 | 8,492 | 7,979 | -6 |
| East | 212,637 | 183,371 | -14 | 9,609 | 9,661 | 1 |
| South | 45,762 | 53,495 | 17 | 4,495 | 5,664 | 26 |
| Southwest | 56,779 | 51,919 | -9 | 12,504 | 12,818 | 3 |
| Export, no processing | 20,339 | 11,162 | -45 | 3,851 | 3,038 | -21 |