NEWS RELEASE FISHERIES 29 FEBRUARY 2016

The value of catch in November 2015 was around 11 billion ISK, which is 13% less than in November 2014. The value of demersal catch decreased by 15% from one November to the other.

For a 12 month period from December 2014 to November 2015 the total value of catch increased by 9% from 136.6 billion ISK to 148.8 billion. This was mostly due to ISK5,7 billion increase invalue of cod catch and an ISK8.6 billion increase in value of capelin catch.

Value of catch December 2014 - November 2015
Million ISK November December-November
  2014 2015 % 2013-2014 2014-2015 %
             
Total value 12,775.3 10,941.3 -14.4 136,596.3 148,883.2 9.0
             
Demersal catch 9,174.2 7,803.8 -14.9 92,651.1 100,702.6 8.7
Cod 5,312.3 4,993.6 -6.0 53,262.7 58,989.2 10.8
Haddock 931.8 786.5 -15.6 10,580.2 11,138.3 5.3
Saith 885.9 591.5 -33.2 7,814.8 9,628.7 23.2
Redfish 1,478.6 1,018.0 -31.2 13,275.7 13,576.3 2.3
Ocean redfish 0.0 0.0 584.0 568.0 -2.8
Other demersal 565.6 414.1 -26.8 7,133.6 6,802.1 -4.6
Flatfish catch 543.2 648.5 19.4 7,273.5 9,461.9 30.1
Pelagic catch 2,865.8 2,387.9 -16.7 33,086.8 34,816.4 5.2
Herring 2,797.9 1,919.9 -31.4 9,378.4 6,011.7 -35.9
Capelin 60.3 0.0 3,975.5 12,661.7 218.5
Blue whiting 7.5 464.4 6,108.3 4,416.0 5,796.6 31.3
Mackerel 0.0 3.6 15,263.5 10,342.4 -32.2
Other pelagics 0.0 0.0 53.4 4.1 -92.4
Shellfish catch 192.1 101.1 -47.4 3,584.9 3,902.2 8.8
Lobster 24.0 16.0 -33.2 1,047.9 805.6 -23.1
Shrimp 142.0 54.4 -61.7 2,414.0 2,905.0 20.3
Other shellfish 26.1 30.7 17.7 122.9 191.6 55.9
Miscellaneous catch 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 

Value of catch by type of landing December 2014 - November 2015
Million ISK November December-November
  2014 2015 % 2013-2014 2014-2015 %
             
Total value 12,775.3 10,941.3 -14.4 136,596.3 148,883.2 9.0
             
For domestic processing 6,340.0 6,026.0 -5.0 67,342.6 80,201.7 19.1
To auction market, for domestic processing 1,674.4 1,111.5 -33.6 19,819.4 19,682.0 -0.7
Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing 0.0 0.0 73.4 159.2 116.7
For export in containers 380.1 391.8 3.1 4,322.5 4,606.6 6.6
Frozen at sea 4,334.9 3,392.8 -21.7 44,416.1 43,589.4 -1.9
Other types of landings 45.8 19.2 -58.2 622.2 644.3 3.6

 

Value of catch by region of landing December 2014 - November 2015
Million ISK November December-November
  2014 2015 % 2013-2014 2014-2015 %
             
Total value 12,775.3 10,941.3 -14.4 136,596.3 148,883.2 9.0
             
Capital region 3,078.8 2,245.2 -27.1 33,982.3 37,251.8 9.6
West 492.2 494.2 0.4 6,357.6 7,192.3 13.1
Westfjords 840.3 549.2 -34.6 8,102.1 7,888.3 -2.6
Northwest 852.1 665.4 -21.9 9,929.9 9,761.8 -1.7
Northeast 1,970.7 1,615.1 -18.0 18,218.7 18,199.8 -0.1
East  1,403.8 1,644.2 17.1 18,632.0 23,511.0 26.2
South 1,215.6 1,029.7 -15.3 14,105.9 14,951.3 6.0
Southwest 2,462.2 2,306.6 -6.3 22,498.0 25,076.0 11.5
Abroad 459.6 391.8 -14.8 4,769.8 5,050.9 5.9

Statistics

Further Information

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