NEWS RELEASE FISHERIES 09 OCTOBER 2015

Value of catch was 10.7 billion ISK in June which is 18.9% increase from June 2014. Value of demersal catch was nearly 8 billion ISK which is an increase by more than 19% compared to June in previous year. Value of flatfish was roughly 1.3 billion ISK in June which is increase of 500 millions compared to same month last year. The value of pelagic catch was around one billion in June which is about the same as previous year. Shellfish catch value was 436 millions in June which is 13% decrease from previous year.

In the 12 month period between July 2014 and June 2015, value of catch increased 7.9% compared to same period one year earlier. In that time value of pelagic catch has increased by nearly 22% and demersal catch by 5%.

Value of catch June 2014 - May 2015
Million ISK June July - June
  2014 2015 % 2013-2014 2014-2015 %
             
Total value 8,980.8 10,680.4 18.9 140,665.5 151,713.7 7.9
             
Demersal catch 6,678.2 7,967.9 19.3 93,618.5 98,091.6 4.8
Cod 3,903.6 4,391.1 12.5 51,091.8 56,702.8 11.0
Haddock 516.8 811.2 57.0 11,595.0 10,624.2 -8.4
Saith 511.8 706.3 38.0 9,095.3 9,456.6 4.0
Redfish 745.7 999.1 34.0 13,627.1 13,626.2 0.0
Ocean redfish 374.0 350.1 -6.4 653.6 570.0 -12.8
Other demersal 626.4 710.0 13.4 7,555.7 7,111.8 -5.9
Flatfish catch 794.4 1,275.7 60.6 8,835.2 7,881.8 -10.8
Pelagic catch 1,006.9 1,000.9 -0.6 34,666.2 42,250.1 21.9
Herring 24.0 21.5 -10.1 10,956.5 9,330.5 -14.8
Capelin 0.0 0.0 3,915.1 12,721.9 224.9
Blue whiting 287.1 675.1 135.2 4,452.3 5,269.9 18.4
Mackerel 695.9 304.3 -56.3 15,341.0 14,874.1 -3.0
Other pelagics 0.0 0.0 1.3 53.7
Shellfish catch 501.2 435.9 -13.0 3,545.6 3,490.3 -1.6
Lobster 237.0 111.4 -53.0 1,002.4 772.8 -22.9
Shrimp 264.2 323.8 22.6 2,494.1 2,555.2 2.4
Other shellfish 0.0 0.7 1,433.4 49.0 162.2 230.9
Miscellaneous catch 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Value of catch by type of landing June 2014 - May 2015
Million ISK June July - June
  2014 2015 % 2013-2014 2014-2015 %
             
Total value 8,980.8 10,680.4 18.9 140,665.5 151,713.7 7.9
             
For domestic processing 4,026.2 4,616.4 14.7 64,324.8 79,994.0 24.4
To auction market, for domestic processing 1,692.9 1,911.4 12.9 20,382.6 19,894.6 -2.4
Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing 0.0 0.0 151.1 164.7 9.0
For export in containers 291.8 438.0 50.1 4,439.4 4,470.6 0.7
Frozen at sea 2,946.3 3,698.9 25.5 50,706.3 46,581.4 -8.1
Other types of landings 23.6 15.8 -33.2 661.3 608.4 -8.0
Value of catch by region of landing June 2014 - May 2015
Million ISK June July - June
  2014 2015 % 2013-2014 2014-2015 %
             
Total value 8,980.8 10,680.4 18.9 140,665.5 151,713.7 7.9
             
Capital region 2,579.0 3,575.2 38.6 34,654.3 37,224.3 7.4
West 286.8 273.6 -4.6 6,160.6 6,871.0 11.5
Westfjords 674.8 658.4 -2.4 8,414.4 8,216.9 -2.3
Northwest 720.9 483.2 -33.0 10,772.6 9,827.8 -8.8
Northeast 1,397.4 1,593.7 14.1 17,594.5 19,721.8 12.1
East  837.3 1,204.4 43.8 18,726.8 24,852.8 32.7
South 1,051.3 899.4 -14.5 15,388.0 15,839.0 2.9
Southwest 1,103.2 1,534.6 39.1 24,042.2 24,142.4 0.4
Abroad 330.1 457.9 38.7 4,912.0 5,017.6 2.2

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