NEWS RELEASE FISHERIES 20 OCTOBER 2011


Total value 83.6 billion ISK
Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to ISK 83.6 billion in January-July 2011, compared with ISK 79.8 billion in the first seven months of 2010.  Total value increased therefore by 4.8% between years.

Total value of demersal species accounted for ISK 54.7 billion; thereof cod ISK 26.5 billion, haddock 6.7 billion, and redfish 7.5 billion. Total value of pelagic species accounted for ISK 19.7 billion and flatfish catches for 6.4 billion.

Value of catch in January-July 2011          
Million ISK July January-July % change from
    2010 2011 2010 2011 previous year
Total value 11,358.8 13,532.7 79,758.6 83,562.9 4.8
Demersal catch 5,987.3 6,264.3 56,668.2 54,731.2 -3.4
Cod 2,390.5 2,244.8 26,998.8 26,451.9 -2.0
Haddock 887.2 510.7 9,453.0 6,708.3 -29.0
Saith 895.2 991.2 4,318.0 4,884.6 13.1
Redfish 553.0 1,121.9 6,802.6 7,481.7 10.0
Ocean redfish 739.5 818.5 3,649.0 4,027.9 10.4
Other demersal 522.0 577.1 5,446.8 5,176.9 -5.0
Flatfish catch 934.7 640.4 6,340.3 6,392.1 0.8
Pelagic catch 4,035.4 6,284.9 15,059.7 19,718.7 30.9
Herring 1,115.8 1,150.0 2,486.1 2,243.5 -9.8
Capelin 0.0 0.0 2,494.4 8,683.6 248.1
Blue whiting 3.0 0.6 3,134.7 152.8 -95.1
Other pelagics 2,916.7 5,134.3 6,944.5 8,638.8 24.4
Shellfish catch 399.2 283.7 1,599.6 1,830.8 14.5
Shrimp 209.1 184.9 998.0 1,278.0 28.1
Other shellfish 190.1 98.8 601.6 552.8 -8.1
Miscellaneous catch 2.2 59.4 90.8 890.1 880.8

Value of catch by type of landing January-July 2011        
Million ISK July January-July % change from
    2010 2011 2010 2011 previous year
Total value 11,359 13,533 79,759 83,563 4.8
For domestic processing 4,146 4,433 33,115 37,938 14.6
For export in containers 632 651 5,829 3,809 -34.6
Landed abroad for fishmeal and oil production 0 0 84 145 74.1
Frozen at sea 5,397 7,109 27,509 29,264 6.4
To auction market, for domestic processing 1,084 1,303 12,189 11,876 -2.6
Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing 4 0 146 48 -67.3
Fresh fish sold from vessel abroad 0 0 0 0
Farmed fish 9 0 64 0
  Other types of landings 86 37 824 483 -41.4

Value of catch by region of landing January - July 2011      
Million ISK July January-July % change from
    2010 2011 2010 2011 previous year
Total value 11,358.8 13,532.7 79,758.6 83,562.9 4.8
Capital region 2,191.6 2,493.3 15,163.1 15,645.1 3.2
Southwest 1,383.9 1,659.2 13,569.1 14,393.6 6.1
West 84.3 166.6 3,987.4 4,578.6 14.8
Westfjords 494.7 763.4 4,148.7 4,465.6 7.6
Northwest 737.9 953.6 5,629.3 5,740.0 2.0
Northeast 1,907.6 2,498.4 11,605.0 12,457.4 7.3
East  2,280.3 2,367.0 10,867.0 11,694.2 7.6
Southwest 1,652.3 1,980.4 8,922.5 10,633.7 19.2
  Abroad 626.4 650.8 5,866.4 3,954.6 -32.6

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Further Information

For further information please contact 528 1100 , email upplysingar@hagstofa.is

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