The value of catch by Icelandic vessels was 12.7 billion ISK in August 2016 which is a 2% increase compared with August 2015. Value of demersal catch was 6.5 billion ISK, an increase of 10% from the previous year. The value of pelagic catch was 4.8 billion ISK which is 7% less than in 2015. The value of flatfish catch increased by 19% and was 983 million ISK.
Total value of catch in the 12 month period from September 2015 to August 2016 was 137.5 billion ISK which is a decrease of 11% compared with the same period one year earlier. This decrease is mainly due to 37% decrease in pelagic catch.
| Value of catch September 2015–August 2016 | ||||||
| Million ISK | August | September-August | ||||
| 2015 | 2016 | % | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | % | |
| Total value | 12,453.4 | 12,709.1 | 2.1 | 153,774.6 | 137,526.9 | -10.6 |
| Demersal catch | 5,947.0 | 6,523.3 | 9.7 | 100,989.1 | 99,028.7 | -1.9 |
| Cod | 3,090.9 | 3,669.4 | 18.7 | 57,952.2 | 61,270.6 | 5.7 |
| Haddock | 855.4 | 748.3 | -12.5 | 11,159.7 | 10,091.4 | -9.6 |
| Saith | 829.4 | 859.3 | 3.6 | 10,125.2 | 9,001.4 | -11.1 |
| Redfish | 776.3 | 906.3 | 16.7 | 13,973.7 | 12,340.5 | -11.7 |
| Ocean redfish | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 568.0 | 597.4 | 5.2 |
| Other demersal | 394.9 | 340.0 | -13.9 | 7,210.2 | 5,727.4 | -20.6 |
| Flatfish catch | 829.4 | 983.2 | 18.6 | 9,472.7 | 9,795.2 | 3.4 |
| Pelagic catch | 5,207.2 | 4,847.5 | -6.9 | 39,321.9 | 24,914.8 | -36.6 |
| Herring | 749.0 | 489.7 | -34.6 | 9,440.8 | 5,749.0 | -39.1 |
| Capelin | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 12,722.1 | 4,947.9 | -61.1 |
| Blue whiting | 35.9 | 12.9 | -64.0 | 5,361.1 | 5,529.1 | 3.1 |
| Mackerel | 4,418.8 | 4,344.9 | -1.7 | 11,753.8 | 8,688.6 | -26.1 |
| Other pelagics | 3.5 | 0.0 | – | 44.1 | 0.1 | -99.7 |
| Shellfish catch | 469.9 | 355.0 | -24.5 | 3,990.9 | 3,788.2 | -5.1 |
| Lobster | 148.8 | 137.7 | -7.5 | 785.6 | 952.4 | 21.2 |
| Shrimp | 303.9 | 189.6 | -37.6 | 3,033.8 | 2,482.5 | -18.2 |
| Other shellfish | 17.1 | 27.7 | 61.5 | 171.6 | 353.2 | 105.8 |
| Miscellaneous catch | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
| Value of catch by type of landing September 2015–August 2016 | ||||||
| Million ISK | August | September-August | ||||
| 2015 | 2016 | % | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | % | |
| Total value | 12,453.4 | 12,709.1 | 2.1 | 153,774.6 | 137,526.9 | -10.6 |
| For domestic processing | 5,886.3 | 5,955.8 | 1.2 | 80,975.4 | 72,294.5 | -10.7 |
| To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,553.4 | 1,776.0 | 14.3 | 20,133.5 | 20,190.1 | 0.3 |
| Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 125.8 | 57.7 | -54.2 |
| For export in containers | 330.2 | 503.4 | 52.5 | 4,666.5 | 5,105.2 | 9.4 |
| Frozen at sea | 4,597.1 | 4,180.7 | -9.1 | 47,194.7 | 38,801.4 | -17.8 |
| Other types of landings | 86.4 | 293.1 | 239.4 | 678.8 | 1,078.0 | 58.8 |
| Value of catch by region of landing September 2015–August 2016 | ||||||
| Million ISK | August | September-August | ||||
| 2015 | 2016 | % | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | % | |
| Total value | 12,453.4 | 12,709.1 | 2.1 | 153,774.6 | 137,526.9 | -10.6 |
| Capital region | 3,356.6 | 3,288.0 | -2.0 | 37,648.1 | 35,973.0 | -4.4 |
| West | 245.5 | 257.6 | 4.9 | 7,070.2 | 6,696.1 | -5.3 |
| Westfjords | 576.2 | 546.7 | -5.1 | 8,334.2 | 7,853.5 | -5.8 |
| Northwest | 476.5 | 730.1 | 53.2 | 10,438.5 | 9,366.6 | -10.3 |
| Northeast | 2,284.9 | 1,726.3 | -24.4 | 19,934.9 | 16,299.4 | -18.2 |
| East | 2,438.3 | 2,429.5 | -0.4 | 24,897.8 | 18,569.1 | -25.4 |
| South | 1,104.9 | 1,175.3 | 6.4 | 15,370.5 | 13,040.2 | -15.2 |
| Southwest | 1,547.6 | 1,769.3 | 14.3 | 24,837.9 | 23,719.7 | -4.5 |
| Abroad | 422.8 | 786.4 | 86.0 | 5,242.4 | 6,009.4 | 14.6 |
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