The total value of catch from Icelandic fishing vessels in June was 7.7 billion ISK, 1.1% more than in June 2018. Demersal catch value was nearly 6.3 billion ISK, an increase of 8.3%. The value of cod was 3.8 billion ISK, an increase of 6.1 compared with June 2018. Value of flatfish was just over 1.2 billion ISK, a decrease of 8.2% compared with last year. Shellfish catch was 220 million, a 24% decrease compared with June 2018.
Total value of catch in the 12 month period from July 2018 to June 2019 was 136 billion ISK which is a 10.5% increase compared with the same period a year earlier.
Monthly statistics on catch value in July has been forwarded to Monday 7 October
Value of catch 2018–2019 | ||||||
Million ISK | June | July-June | ||||
2018 | 2019 | % | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | % | |
Total value | 7,635.4 | 7,723.2 | 1.1 | 123,146.1 | 136,053.9 | 10.5 |
Demersal catch | 5,791.1 | 6,271.4 | 8.3 | 86,663.1 | 103,456.5 | 19.4 |
Cod | 3,581.5 | 3,801.1 | 6.1 | 55,731.1 | 64,535.6 | 15.8 |
Haddock | 577.7 | 493.7 | -14.5 | 8,944.1 | 13,804.5 | 54.3 |
Saithe | 427.8 | 787.5 | 84.1 | 6,942.2 | 9,200.5 | 32.5 |
Redfish | 655.9 | 715.3 | 9.0 | 10,271.3 | 10,967.5 | 6.8 |
Ocean redfish | 123.7 | 20.2 | -83.7 | 218.8 | 51.3 | -76.6 |
Other demersal | 424.4 | 453.8 | 6.9 | 4,555.5 | 4,897.2 | 7.5 |
Flatfish catch | 1,342.2 | 1,231.7 | -8.2 | 9,193.6 | 10,477.4 | 14.0 |
Pelagic catch | 211.5 | 0.0 | – | 24,745.9 | 19,854.6 | -19.8 |
Herring | 0.1 | 0.0 | – | 4,503.6 | 4,655.9 | 3.4 |
Capelin | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 5,891.7 | 0.0 | – |
Blue whiting | 211.5 | 0.0 | – | 5,883.4 | 7,680.7 | 30.5 |
Mackerel | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 8,467.2 | 7,518.1 | -11.2 |
Other pelagics | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
Shellfish catch | 290.6 | 220.1 | -24.3 | 2,543.4 | 2,265.3 | -10.9 |
Lobster | 90.6 | 93.2 | 2.8 | 722.8 | 430.3 | -40.5 |
Shrimp | 197.9 | 121.3 | -38.7 | 1,387.5 | 1,276.6 | -8.0 |
Other shellfish | 2.1 | 5.6 | 162.5 | 433.2 | 558.4 | 28.9 |
Miscellaneous catch | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | 0.1 | – |
Value of catch by type of landing 2018–2019 | ||||||
Million ISK | June | July-June | ||||
2018 | 2019 | % | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | % | |
Total value | 7,635.4 | 7,723.2 | 1.1 | 123,146.1 | 136,053.9 | 10.5 |
For domestic processing | 3,606.5 | 3,389.0 | -6.0 | 68,826.6 | 71,829.9 | 4.4 |
To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,697.7 | 1,830.7 | 7.8 | 18,023.2 | 22,148.0 | 22.9 |
Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 1.0 | 0.3 | -63.6 |
For export in containers | 549.3 | 531.6 | -3.2 | 4,974.7 | 6,606.6 | 32.8 |
Frozen at sea | 1,763.6 | 1,940.3 | 10.0 | 31,094.3 | 34,888.6 | 12.2 |
Other types of landings | 18.3 | 31.7 | 73.4 | 226.3 | 580.4 | 156.4 |
Value of catch by region of landing 2018–2019 | ||||||
Million ISK | June | July-June | ||||
2018 | 2019 | % | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | % | |
Total value | 7,635.4 | 7,723.2 | 1.1 | 123,146.1 | 136,053.9 | 10.5 |
Capital region | 2,732.7 | 2,557.9 | -6.4 | 30,912.8 | 35,275.9 | 14.1 |
West | 574.7 | 504.9 | -12.1 | 7,225.8 | 7,955.5 | 10.1 |
Westfjords | 529.1 | 905.6 | 71.1 | 6,656.1 | 7,839.2 | 17.8 |
Northwest | 476.0 | 527.2 | 10.8 | 6,473.9 | 9,203.5 | 42.2 |
Northeast | 818.7 | 674.3 | -17.6 | 16,142.4 | 16,425.0 | 1.8 |
East | 632.6 | 409.8 | -35.2 | 19,939.7 | 20,725.5 | 3.9 |
South | 344.7 | 410.5 | 19.1 | 10,198.3 | 8,425.4 | -17.4 |
Southwest | 945.1 | 1,155.9 | 22.3 | 20,375.9 | 22,897.2 | 12.4 |
Abroad | 581.9 | 577.1 | -0.8 | 5,221.3 | 7,306.9 | 39.9 |
Information about catch value of fish in this press release is based on preliminary figures. The data is based on the first sale value of catch and is gathered by the Directorate of Fisheries.