NEWS RELEASE FISHERIES 22 NOVEMBER 2011


Total value 98.8 billion ISK
Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to ISK 98.8 billion in January-August 2011, compared with ISK 92.4 billion in the first eight months of 2010.  Total value increased therefore by 6.9% between years.

Total value of demersal species accounted for ISK 60.5 billion; thereof cod ISK 28.9 billion, haddock 7.6 billion, and redfish 8.4 billion. Total value of pelagic species accounted for ISK 28.5 billion and flatfish catches for 6.8 billion.

Value of catch in January-August 2011          
Million ISK August January-August % change from
    2010 2011 2010 2011 previous year
Total value 12,603.4 15,259.6 92,362.0 98,750.6 6.9
Demersal catch 7,503.9 5,838.4 64,172.1 60,477.3 -5.8
Cod 3,108.0 2,548.2 30,106.8 28,894.2 -4.0
Haddock 1,622.8 850.3 11,075.8 7,558.8 -31.8
Saith 1,282.8 814.1 5,600.8 5,708.4 1.9
Redfish 816.9 889.8 7,619.5 8,373.0 9.9
Ocean redfish 0.0 0.0 3,649.0 4,027.9 10.4
Other demersal 673.3 736.0 6,120.1 5,915.1 -3.4
Flatfish catch 643.6 388.7 6,983.9 6,781.0 -2.9
Pelagic catch 4,142.8 8,724.6 19,202.5 28,461.1 48.2
Herring 1,723.0 1,313.7 4,209.1 3,557.2 -15.5
Capelin 0.0 0.0 2,494.4 8,683.6 248.1
Blue whiting 46.7 13.7 3,181.4 166.5 -94.8
Other pelagics 2,373.1 7,397.2 9,317.6 16,053.8 72.3
Shellfish catch 307.0 275.7 1,906.7 2,104.7 10.4
Shrimp 174.9 128.3 1,172.9 1,406.4 19.9
Other shellfish 132.2 147.3 733.7 698.3 -4.8
Miscellaneous catch 6.1 32.3 96.8 926.5 856.8

Value of catch by type of landing January-August 2011      
Million ISK August January-August % change from
    2010 2011 2010 2011 previous year
Total value 12,603 15,260 92,362 98,751 6.9
For domestic processing 4,496 5,372 37,611 43,225 14.9
For export in containers 674 604 6,503 4,413 -32.1
Landed abroad for fishmeal and oil production 0 0 84 145 74.1
Frozen at sea 5,926 7,547 33,435 36,793 10.0
To auction market, for domestic processing 1,362 1,667 13,551 13,544 -0.1
Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing 60 0 206 78 -62.1
Fresh fish sold from vessel abroad 0 0 0 0
Farmed fish 9 0 73 0
  Other types of landings 76 69 900 552 -38.7

Value of catch by region of landing January - August 2011      
Million ISK August January-August % change from
    2010 2011 2010 2011 previous year
Total value 12,603.4 15,259.6 92,362.0 98,750.6 6.9
Capital region 2,221.2 2,791.5 17,384.3 18,445.0 6.1
Southwest 2,007.7 1,947.1 15,576.8 16,341.0 4.9
West 188.5 233.1 4,175.8 4,810.8 15.2
Westfjords 618.4 686.2 4,767.1 5,133.8 7.7
Northwest 1,077.1 750.4 6,706.4 6,490.8 -3.2
Northeast 2,471.3 3,616.2 14,076.3 16,077.3 14.2
East  1,936.5 2,587.0 12,803.5 14,295.1 11.6
Southwest 1,467.6 2,043.9 10,390.1 12,598.2 21.3
  Abroad 615.0 604.2 6,481.4 4,558.7 -29.7

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