The value of catch in October 2015 was just below 12 billion ISK, which is 13.% less than in October 2014. The value of demersal catch increased by 0.3% from one October to the other.
For the 12 month period from November 2014 to October 2015 the total value of catch increased by 9%. This was mostly due to ISK 9.7 billion increase in value of demersal catch and 5.2 billion ISK increase in the catch of pelagic species.
Value of catch November 2014 - October 2015 | ||||||
Million ISK | October | November-October | ||||
2014 | 2015 | % | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | % | |
Total value | 13,448.2 | 11,699.2 | -13.0 | 150,560.2 | 164,165.4 | 9.0 |
Demersal catch | 9,219.8 | 9,188.9 | -0.3 | 101,485.4 | 111,292.9 | 9.7 |
Cod | 5,381.8 | 5,666.6 | 5.3 | 57,735.0 | 64,689.7 | 12.0 |
Haddock | 1,044.0 | 1,036.2 | -0.7 | 12,381.7 | 12,327.5 | -0.4 |
Saith | 812.1 | 677.2 | -16.6 | 8,768.2 | 10,735.2 | 22.4 |
Redfish | 1,353.2 | 1,391.6 | 2.8 | 14,220.3 | 15,390.1 | 8.2 |
Ocean redfish | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 584.0 | 568.0 | -2.8 |
Other demersal | 628.7 | 417.2 | -33.6 | 7,796.1 | 7,582.4 | -2.7 |
Flatfish catch | 620.3 | 869.2 | 40.1 | 8,399.8 | 9,976.9 | 18.8 |
Pelagic catch | 3,328.9 | 1,509.1 | -54.7 | 36,703.5 | 38,623.2 | 5.2 |
Herring | 3,047.9 | 1,259.0 | -58.7 | 12,429.9 | 9,937.6 | -20.1 |
Capelin | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 3,915.1 | 12,722.1 | 224.9 |
Blue whiting | 21.9 | 64.2 | 193.6 | 4,430.0 | 5,361.5 | 21.0 |
Mackerel | 259.1 | 185.8 | -28.3 | 15,875.0 | 10,597.8 | -33.2 |
Other pelagics | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 53.4 | 4.1 | – |
Shellfish catch | 279.3 | 132.0 | -52.7 | 3,971.5 | 4,272.5 | 7.6 |
Lobster | 35.4 | 39.9 | 12.7 | 1,085.7 | 848.9 | -21.8 |
Shrimp | 216.1 | 56.0 | -74.1 | 2,774.5 | 3,208.7 | 15.6 |
Other shellfish | 27.8 | 36.1 | 29.8 | 111.2 | 214.8 | 93.2 |
Miscellaneous catch | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
Value of catch by type of landing November 2014 - October 2015 | ||||||
Million ISK | October | November-October | ||||
2014 | 2015 | % | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | % | |
Total value | 13,448.2 | 11,699.2 | -13.0 | 150,560.2 | 164,165.4 | 9.0 |
For domestic processing | 6,614.9 | 5,757.1 | -13.0 | 72,736.6 | 87,130.7 | 19.8 |
To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,713.7 | 1,683.5 | -1.8 | 21,771.0 | 21,958.6 | 0.9 |
Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 74.6 | 159.2 | 113.3 |
For export in containers | 477.7 | 464.1 | -2.9 | 4,858.3 | 5,072.6 | 4.4 |
Frozen at sea | 4,608.9 | 3,758.3 | -18.5 | 50,439.6 | 49,140.3 | -2.6 |
Other types of landings | 33.1 | 36.1 | 9.2 | 680.0 | 704.0 | 3.5 |
Value of catch by region of landing November 2014 - October 2015 | ||||||
Million ISK | October | November-October | ||||
2014 | 2015 | % | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | % | |
Total value | 13,448.2 | 11,699.2 | -13.0 | 150,560.2 | 164,165.4 | 9.0 |
Capital region | 3,102.5 | 3,382.7 | 9.0 | 37,347.3 | 41,187.9 | 10.3 |
West | 518.4 | 523.3 | 0.9 | 6,761.5 | 7,708.7 | 14.0 |
Westfjords | 830.2 | 692.4 | -16.6 | 9,040.3 | 9,009.6 | -0.3 |
Northwest | 788.0 | 599.1 | -24.0 | 11,012.3 | 10,736.5 | -2.5 |
Northeast | 2,409.0 | 1,604.7 | -33.4 | 19,485.6 | 20,964.5 | 7.6 |
East | 2,090.6 | 1,291.9 | -38.2 | 21,170.0 | 25,361.1 | 19.8 |
South | 921.8 | 887.3 | -3.7 | 15,768.8 | 16,059.0 | 1.8 |
Southwest | 2,253.7 | 2,227.4 | -1.2 | 24,618.4 | 27,485.3 | 11.6 |
Abroad | 534.0 | 490.5 | -8.2 | 5,355.9 | 5,652.8 | 5.5 |