NEWS RELEASE FISHERIES 14 JANUARY 2016

 The value of demersal catch increased by 15.5% from one September to another.The value of catch in September 2015 was 12 billion ISK, which is 9.6% less than in September 2014.

For the 12 month period from October 2014 to September 2015 the total value of catch increased by 11.1%. This was mostly due to ISK 9.8 billion increase invalue of demersal catches and 3.7 billion increase in the catch of pelagics.

Value of catch October 2014 - September 2015
Million ISK September October - September
  2014 2015 % 2013-2014 2014-2015 %
             
Total value 13,355.2 12,068.4 -9.6 137,112.0 152,388.5 11.1
             
Demersal catch 7,314.8 8,449.8 15.5 92,265.6 102,067.3 10.6
Cod 4,403.5 5,490.1 24.7 52,353.3 59,025.4 12.7
Haddock 765.9 895.9 17.0 11,337.8 11,291.5 -0.4
Saith 670.9 603.4 -10.1 7,956.1 10,055.0 26.4
Redfish 1,044.5 1,070.6 2.5 12,867.1 13,964.3 8.5
Ocean redfish 0.0 0.0 584.0 568.0 -2.8
Other demersal 430.0 389.8 -9.3 7,167.3 7,163.2 -0.1
Flatfish catch 877.2 512.1 -41.6 7,779.6 9,107.6 17.1
Pelagic catch 4,946.4 2,740.4 -44.6 33,374.6 37,073.0 11.1
Herring 1,723.1 960.7 -44.2 9,382.0 8,677.8 -7.5
Capelin 0.0 0.0 3,915.1 12,722.1 224.9
Blue whiting 85.2 21.4 -74.8 4,408.2 5,296.9 20.2
Mackerel 3,098.0 1,758.2 -43.2 15,615.9 10,372.1 -33.6
Other pelagics 40.1 0.0 53.4 4.1
Shellfish catch 216.9 366.0 68.8 3,692.2 4,140.5 12.1
Lobster 69.9 93.4 33.6 1,050.4 809.0 -23.0
Shrimp 136.5 255.5 87.1 2,558.4 3,152.7 23.2
Other shellfish 10.5 17.2 64.5 83.4 178.7 114.3
Miscellaneous catch 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 

Value of catch by type of landing October 2014 - September 2015
Million ISK September October - September
  2014 2015 % 2013-2014 2014-2015 %
             
Total value 11,843.1 12,176.2 2.8 139,824.0 153,208.7 9.6
             
For domestic processing 5,656.5 5,677.9 0.4 65,630.9 80,524.9 22.7
To auction market, for domestic processing 1,423.2 1,533.3 7.7 20,374.4 20,102.2 -1.3
Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing 0.0 0.0 147.0 125.8 -14.5
For export in containers 276.0 306.8 11.2 4,404.0 4,608.6 4.6
Frozen at sea 4,469.1 4,572.7 2.3 48,627.8 47,170.2 -3.0
Other types of landings 18.3 85.6 367.1 639.8 676.9

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Value of catch by region of landing October 2014 - September 2015
Million ISK September October - September
  2014 2015 % 2013-2014 2014-2015 %
             
Total value 11,843.1 12,176.2 2.8 139,824.0 153,208.7 9.6
             
Capital region 2,868.1 3,318.8 15.7 34,899.0 37,594.7 7.7
West 266.1 195.2 -26.6 6,193.4 6,910.4 11.6
Westfjords 435.3 450.2 3.4 8,261.9 8,197.6 -0.8
Northwest 517.2 482.7 -6.7 10,845.5 10,344.0 -4.6
Northeast 2,080.2 2,283.7 9.8 17,169.2 19,929.8 16.1
East  2,482.4 2,395.6 -3.5 19,051.8 24,854.3 30.5
South 1,431.2 1,104.7 -22.8 15,364.7 15,357.7 0.0
Southwest 1,442.9 1,545.9 7.1 23,170.9 24,835.6 7.2
Abroad 319.5 399.4 25.0 4,867.6 5,184.5 6.5

Statistics

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