NEWS RELEASE FISHERIES 11 OCTOBER 2016

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

Statistics

Further Information

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