NEWS RELEASE FISHERIES 29 JANUARY 2016

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

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