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Total value 123 billion ISK
Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to ISK 131.3 billion over the year 2010, compared with ISK 115.5 billion in 2009. Total value increased therefore by 13.7% between years.
Total value of demersal species accounted for ISK 93.5 billion; thereof cod ISK 44.6 billion, haddock 15.2 billion, redfish 12 billion and saith 8.5 billion. Total value of pelagic species accounted for ISK 26 billion and flatfish catches for 9.2 billion.
| Value of catch in January-December 2010 | ||||||
| Million ISK | December | January-December | % change from | |||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 8,821.1 | 8,285.9 | 115,454.1 | 131,263.6 | 13.7 | |
| Demersal catch | 7,322.3 | 6,718.8 | 82,250.5 | 93,454.9 | 13.6 | |
| Cod | 3,563.5 | 3,254.8 | 36,901.1 | 44,586.0 | 20.8 | |
| Haddock | 950.1 | 918.5 | 15,390.8 | 15,229.7 | -1.0 | |
| Redfish | 896.2 | 1,107.8 | 10,011.1 | 12,015.4 | 20.0 | |
| Saith | 1,075.2 | 662.0 | 7,813.4 | 8,530.3 | 9.2 | |
| Other demersal | 837.3 | 775.8 | 12,134.0 | 13,093.5 | 7.9 | |
| Flatfish catch | 647.2 | 607.5 | 9,812.0 | 9,167.3 | -6.6 | |
| Pelagic catch | 817.7 | 886.8 | 21,468.2 | 26,000.6 | 21.1 | |
| Herring | 652.4 | 702.6 | 12,768.2 | 10,899.0 | -14.6 | |
| Capelin | 0.0 | 142.9 | 412.3 | 1,494.8 | 262.5 | |
| Blue whiting | 7.7 | 3.1 | 2,707.4 | 3,265.2 | 20.6 | |
| Other pelagics | 157.6 | 38.3 | 5,580.3 | 10,341.6 | 85.3 | |
| Shellfish catch | 33.5 | 70.0 | 1,886.6 | 2,524.9 | 33.8 | |
| Shrimp | 24.4 | 62.0 | 925.9 | 1,481.2 | 60.0 | |
| Other shellfish | 9.1 | 8.0 | 960.8 | 1,043.6 | 8.6 | |
| Miscellaneous catch | 0.4 | 2.7 | 36.7 | 115.9 | 215.8 | |
| Value of catch by type of landing January-December 2010 | ||||||
| Million ISK | December | January-December | % change from | |||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 8,821.1 | 8,285.9 | 115,454.1 | 131,263.6 | 13.7 | |
| For domestic processing | 2,969.1 | 2,873.5 | 42,974.6 | 52,806.0 | 22.9 | |
| For export in containers | 735.4 | 304.9 | 13,174.5 | 8,841.5 | -32.9 | |
| Landed abroad for fishmeal and oil production | 0.0 | 6.7 | 392.0 | 92.6 | -76.4 | |
| Frozen at sea | 3,789.5 | 3,894.4 | 41,395.0 | 49,298.4 | 19.1 | |
| To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,258.7 | 1,179.2 | 15,303.8 | 18,814.6 | 22.9 | |
| To auction market, for export in containers* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,016.3 | – | – | |
| Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 4.6 | 0.9 | 44.3 | 270.9 | 511.1 | |
| Fresh fish sold from vessel abroad | 27.8 | 0.0 | 291.1 | 0.0 | – | |
| Farmed fish | 2.6 | 0.0 | 104.5 | 72.7 | -30.4 | |
| Other types of landings | 33.3 | 26.3 | 758.0 | 1,066.9 | 40.8 | |
| *Due to changes in catch registration figures for catch landed to auction market for export in containers are no longer separated from 2010. | ||||||
| Value of catch by region of landing January - December 2010 | ||||||
| Million ISK | January | January-December | % change from | |||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 8,821.1 | 8,285.9 | 115,454.1 | 131,263.6 | 13.7 | |
| Capital region | 1,983.1 | 1,975.6 | 20,926.7 | 24,705.5 | 18.1 | |
| Southwest | 1,734.6 | 1,577.5 | 20,114.7 | 22,936.6 | 14.0 | |
| West | 395.5 | 280.5 | 5,049.2 | 5,311.5 | 5.2 | |
| Westfjords | 614.3 | 477.9 | 5,957.9 | 7,025.0 | 17.9 | |
| Northwest | 781.4 | 655.5 | 8,062.0 | 9,738.4 | 20.8 | |
| Northeast | 1,419.8 | 1,596.2 | 17,258.2 | 22,144.5 | 28.3 | |
| East | 551.6 | 732.6 | 14,096.8 | 16,779.1 | 19.0 | |
| Southwest | 577.4 | 678.5 | 10,568.7 | 13,986.9 | 32.3 | |
| Abroad | 763.3 | 311.6 | 13,419.8 | 8,636.1 | -35.6 | |
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