The value of catch by Icelandic vessels was 10.2 billion ISK in November 2016 which is a 16.8% decrease compared with November 2015. Value of demersal catch was 7.7 billion ISK, a decrease of 14.2% from the previous year. The value of pelagic catch was 1.9 billion ISK which is 21.2% more than in 2015. The value of flatfish catch in November decreased by 25.5% and was 522 million ISK.
Total value of catch in the 12 month period from December 2015 to November 2016 was 134.9 billion ISK which is a decrease of 10.5% compared with the same period one year earlier. This decrease is mainly due to a 21.2% decrease in value of pelagic catch and 7.4% decrease in demersal catch value.
| Value of catch December 2015–November 2016 | ||||||
| Million ISK | November | December-November | ||||
| 2015 | 2016 | % | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | % | |
| Total value | 12,256.8 | 10,200.7 | -16.8 | 150,819.2 | 134,944.8 | -10.5 |
| Demersal catch | 8,989.4 | 7,709.3 | -14.2 | 102,190.1 | 94,759.6 | -7.3 |
| Cod | 5,650.7 | 5,502.6 | -2.6 | 59,906.1 | 59,573.0 | -0.6 |
| Haddock | 963.9 | 701.6 | -27.2 | 11,290.4 | 9,592.5 | -15.0 |
| Saith | 651.9 | 388.3 | -40.4 | 9,696.5 | 8,476.3 | -12.6 |
| Redfish | 1,205.8 | 833.8 | -30.8 | 13,816.0 | 11,210.5 | -18.9 |
| Ocean redfish | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 568.0 | 597.4 | 5.2 |
| Other demersal | 517.0 | 282.9 | -45.3 | 6,913.1 | 5,309.9 | -23.2 |
| Flatfish catch | 700.8 | 522.1 | -25.5 | 9,518.0 | 9,401.6 | -1.2 |
| Pelagic catch | 2,387.9 | 1,881.4 | -21.2 | 35,004.4 | 27,270.2 | -22.1 |
| Herring | 1,919.9 | 1,772.7 | -7.7 | 6,175.1 | 6,280.4 | 1.7 |
| Capelin | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 12,661.7 | 4,947.9 | -60.9 |
| Blue whiting | 464.5 | 108.7 | -76.6 | 5,803.7 | 5,157.6 | -11.1 |
| Mackerel | 3.5 | 0.0 | – | 10,359.7 | 10,884.2 | 5.1 |
| Other pelagics | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 4.1 | 0.1 | -97.9 |
| Shellfish catch | 178.8 | 87.9 | -50.8 | 4,106.8 | 3,513.4 | -14.4 |
| Lobster | 16.0 | 9.1 | -43.5 | 807.4 | 891.2 | 10.4 |
| Shrimp | 132.1 | 43.1 | -67.4 | 3,102.3 | 2,229.2 | -28.1 |
| Other shellfish | 30.7 | 35.8 | 16.7 | 197.1 | 393.0 | 99.4 |
| Miscellaneous catch | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
| Value of catch by type of landing December 2015–November 2016 | ||||||
| Million ISK | November | December-November | ||||
| 2015 | 2016 | % | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | % | |
| Total value | 12,256.8 | 10,200.7 | -16.8 | 150,819.2 | 134,944.8 | -10.5 |
| For domestic processing | 6,522.5 | 5,454.5 | -16.4 | 81,202.5 | 70,541.4 | -13.1 |
| To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,642.7 | 1,455.2 | -11.4 | 20,218.3 | 19,842.7 | -1.9 |
| Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 183.5 | 0.0 | – |
| For export in containers | 445.0 | 348.3 | -21.7 | 4,711.2 | 5,206.7 | 10.5 |
| Frozen at sea | 3,616.9 | 2,913.6 | -19.4 | 43,846.4 | 38,221.9 | -12.8 |
| Other types of landings | 29.8 | 29.0 | -2.5 | 657.3 | 1,132.0 | 72.2 |
| Value of catch by region of landing December 2015–November 2016 | ||||||
| Million ISK | November | December-November | ||||
| 2015 | 2016 | % | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | % | |
| Total value | 12,256.8 | 10,200.7 | -16.8 | 150,819.2 | 134,944.8 | -10.5 |
| Capital region | 2,878.7 | 2,387.6 | -17.1 | 37,891.4 | 33,794.4 | -10.8 |
| West | 496.1 | 536.8 | 8.2 | 7,206.6 | 6,759.7 | -6.2 |
| Westfjords | 622.1 | 681.0 | 9.5 | 8,065.0 | 7,814.5 | -3.1 |
| Northwest | 900.5 | 571.8 | -36.5 | 10,257.5 | 9,030.1 | -12.0 |
| Northeast | 1,614.8 | 1,485.6 | -8.0 | 18,239.0 | 17,369.6 | -4.8 |
| East | 1,700.5 | 1,205.1 | -29.1 | 23,870.4 | 18,234.9 | -23.6 |
| South | 1,053.6 | 1,050.1 | -0.3 | 14,986.3 | 13,131.9 | -12.4 |
| Southwest | 2,515.3 | 1,921.5 | -23.6 | 25,117.0 | 22,679.8 | -9.7 |
| Abroad | 475.3 | 361.2 | -24.0 | 5,185.9 | 6,129.8 | 18.2 |
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