The value of catch by Icelandic vessels was 8.9 billion ISK in June 2016 which is over 2 billion ISK decrease compared with June 2015. Value of demersal catch was just over 7 billion ISK, a decrease by 14.5% from the previous year. The value of pelagic catch which was mainly mackerel, was 136 million ISK a decrease of 86.4% compared with June 2015. Value of flatfish catch was 1.2 billion ISK which is 6.1% less than in June 2015.
Total value of catch in the 12 month period from July 2015 to June 2016 was roughly 140 billion ISK which is a decrease of 8.3% compared with the same period one year earlier. In that period the value of demersal catch has increased by 0.3% and flatfish catch by 25.8%, while the value of pelagic catch has decreased by 86.4%
Value of catch July 2015–June 2016 | ||||||
Million ISK | June | July-June | ||||
2015 | 2016 | % | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | % | |
Total value | 11,112.4 | 8,878.1 | -20.1 | 152,528.5 | 139,796.2 | -8.3 |
Demersal catch | 8,282.5 | 7,085.5 | -14.5 | 98,656.1 | 98,972.6 | 0.3 |
Cod | 4,659.7 | 4,131.6 | -11.3 | 57,125.4 | 60,871.7 | 6.6 |
Haddock | 824.5 | 518.9 | -37.1 | 10,646.7 | 10,447.3 | -1.9 |
Saith | 726.1 | 951.7 | 31.1 | 9,483.5 | 9,038.5 | -4.7 |
Redfish | 1,007.3 | 759.6 | -24.6 | 13,674.9 | 12,317.2 | -9.9 |
Ocean redfish | 350.1 | 271.8 | -22.4 | 570.0 | 504.7 | -11.5 |
Other demersal | 714.8 | 451.8 | -36.8 | 7,155.7 | 5,793.1 | -19.0 |
Flatfish catch | 1,309.0 | 1,229.4 | -6.1 | 7,943.7 | 9,989.8 | 25.8 |
Pelagic catch | 1,000.9 | 136.3 | -86.4 | 42,250.3 | 26,794.6 | -36.6 |
Herring | 21.5 | 3.3 | -84.7 | 9,330.5 | 5,981.4 | -35.9 |
Capelin | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 12,722.1 | 4,947.9 | -61.1 |
Blue whiting | 675.1 | 0.1 | -100.0 | 5,269.9 | 5,636.1 | 6.9 |
Mackerel | 304.3 | 133.0 | -56.3 | 14,874.1 | 10,225.7 | -31.3 |
Other pelagics | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 53.7 | 3.6 | -93.3 |
Shellfish catch | 519.9 | 427.0 | -17.9 | 3,678.3 | 4,039.2 | 9.8 |
Lobster | 118.8 | 167.9 | 41.3 | 799.4 | 960.0 | 20.1 |
Shrimp | 400.4 | 254.6 | -36.4 | 2,712.1 | 2,770.6 | 2.2 |
Other shellfish | 0.7 | 4.5 | 511.6 | 166.8 | 308.6 | 85.0 |
Miscellaneous catch | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
Value of catch by type of landing July 2015–June 2016 | ||||||
Million ISK | June | July-June | ||||
2015 | 2016 | % | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | % | |
Total value | 11,112.4 | 8,878.1 | -20.1 | 152,528.5 | 139,796.2 | -8.3 |
For domestic processing | 5,022.4 | 3,588.5 | -28.6 | 80,741.8 | 73,107.0 | -9.5 |
To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,923.0 | 1,845.9 | -4.0 | 19,907.4 | 20,245.7 | 1.7 |
Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 164.7 | 57.7 | -65.0 |
For export in containers | 452.1 | 548.3 | 21.3 | 4,524.1 | 4,843.3 | 7.1 |
Frozen at sea | 3,698.9 | 2,880.2 | -22.1 | 46,581.4 | 40,666.5 | -12.7 |
Other types of landings | 15.9 | 15.3 | -3.8 | 608.9 | 876.1 | 43.9 |
Value of catch by region of landing July 2015–June 2016 | ||||||
Million ISK | June | July-June | ||||
2015 | 2016 | % | 2014–2015 | 2015–2016 | % | |
Total value | 11,112.4 | 8,878.1 | -20.1 | 152,528.5 | 139,796.2 | -8.3 |
Capital region | 3,604.7 | 3,055.6 | -15.2 | 37,272.4 | 36,696.0 | -1.5 |
West | 343.6 | 338.3 | -1.5 | 7,037.0 | 6,730.2 | -4.4 |
Westfjords | 668.0 | 802.3 | 20.1 | 8,236.4 | 7,885.2 | -4.3 |
Northwest | 733.1 | 636.8 | -13.1 | 10,236.3 | 9,337.4 | -8.8 |
Northeast | 1,592.4 | 1,057.2 | -33.6 | 19,721.8 | 17,139.0 | -13.1 |
East | 1,227.8 | 465.1 | -62.1 | 24,899.9 | 19,182.2 | -23.0 |
South | 903.7 | 768.5 | -15.0 | 15,846.2 | 13,169.0 | -16.9 |
Southwest | 1,567.1 | 1,190.1 | -24.1 | 24,207.4 | 24,092.3 | -0.5 |
Abroad | 472.0 | 564.2 | 19.5 | 5,071.2 | 5,565.0 | 9.7 |