The value of catch from Icelandic vessels last November was 11.7 billion ISK, 19.2% more than in November 2017. Demersal catch value was 9.3 billion ISK, an increase of 13%. The value of pelagic catch was 1.7 billion ISK, 69.4% more than in November 2017.
Total value of catch in the 12 month period from December 2017 to November 2018 was 127 billion ISK which is a 16.1% increase compared with the same period a year earlier.
| Value of catch 2017–2018 | ||||||
| Million ISK | November | December-November | ||||
| 2017 | 2018 | % | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | % | |
| Total value | 9,818.3 | 11,703.3 | 19.2 | 109,066.9 | 126,612.1 | 16.1 |
| Demersal catch | 8,240.0 | 9,307.7 | 13.0 | 75,110.8 | 89,252.7 | 18.8 |
| Cod | 5,284.8 | 5,561.2 | 5.2 | 47,890.0 | 55,894.7 | 16.7 |
| Haddock | 774.4 | 1,453.8 | 87.7 | 7,812.3 | 10,305.9 | 31.9 |
| Saithe | 823.3 | 1,054.3 | 28.1 | 6,322.9 | 7,960.6 | 25.9 |
| Redfish | 1,091.6 | 1,008.6 | -7.6 | 8,873.7 | 10,406.0 | 17.3 |
| Ocean redfish | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 333.3 | 218.8 | -34.3 |
| Other demersal | 265.9 | 229.8 | -13.6 | 3,878.6 | 4,466.8 | 15.2 |
| Flatfish catch | 453.1 | 565.9 | 24.9 | 7,462.1 | 10,216.4 | 36.9 |
| Pelagic catch | 1,035.3 | 1,753.5 | 69.4 | 24,068.3 | 24,527.8 | 1.9 |
| Herring | 858.3 | 1,381.3 | 60.9 | 4,954.1 | 4,698.0 | -5.2 |
| Capelin | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 6,709.4 | 5,891.7 | -12.2 |
| Blue whiting | 177.0 | 371.8 | 110.1 | 3,879.2 | 6,431.4 | 65.8 |
| Mackerel | 0.0 | 0.4 | - | 8,525.4 | 7,506.8 | -11.9 |
| Other pelagics | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
| Shellfish catch | 89.9 | 76.1 | -15.3 | 2,425.8 | 2,615.2 | 7.8 |
| Lobster | 8.3 | 0.0 | - | 833.6 | 567.5 | -31.9 |
| Shrimp | 28.4 | 11.3 | -60.3 | 1,224.5 | 1,487.9 | 21.5 |
| Other shellfish | 53.2 | 64.8 | 21.9 | 367.7 | 559.7 | 52.2 |
| Miscellaneous catch | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
| Value of catch by type of landing 2017–2018 | ||||||
| Million ISK | November | December-November | ||||
| 2017 | 2018 | % | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | % | |
| Total value | 9,818.3 | 11,703.3 | 19.2 | 109,066.9 | 126,612.1 | 16.1 |
| For domestic processing | 5,119.0 | 6,152.0 | 20.2 | 59,182.1 | 71,060.5 | 20.1 |
| To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,510.7 | 1,743.1 | 15.4 | 16,067.1 | 19,171.6 | 19.3 |
| Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 0.4 | 0.0 | - | 68.2 | 1.1 | -98.5 |
| For export in containers | 377.5 | 576.1 | 52.6 | 4,093.8 | 5,756.1 | 40.6 |
| Frozen at sea | 2,801.3 | 3,219.5 | 14.9 | 29,420.6 | 30,365.8 | 3.2 |
| Other types of landings | 9.2 | 12.5 | 35.1 | 235.2 | 257.1 | 9.3 |
| Value of catch by region of landing 2017–2018 | ||||||
| Million ISK | November | December-November | ||||
| 2017 | 2018 | % | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | % | |
| Total value | 9,818.3 | 11,703.3 | 19.2 | 109,066.9 | 126,612.1 | 16.1 |
| Capital region | 2,862.9 | 3,340.1 | 16.7 | 27,429.0 | 32,731.2 | 19.3 |
| West | 552.2 | 589.9 | 6.8 | 5,962.4 | 7,292.6 | 22.3 |
| Westfjords | 535.8 | 594.8 | 11.0 | 5,647.3 | 6,715.3 | 18.9 |
| Northwest | 440.2 | 703.2 | 59.7 | 5,386.0 | 6,165.9 | 14.5 |
| Northeast | 1,198.4 | 1,526.4 | 27.4 | 13,750.2 | 15,386.8 | 11.9 |
| East | 1,143.6 | 1,487.7 | 30.1 | 17,545.3 | 21,340.9 | 21.6 |
| South | 621.7 | 625.2 | 0.6 | 10,675.3 | 9,443.2 | -11.5 |
| Southwest | 2,073.0 | 2,240.4 | 8.1 | 18,361.9 | 21,391.9 | 16.5 |
| Abroad | 390.5 | 595.6 | 52.5 | 4,309.4 | 6,144.3 | 42.6 |
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