Icelandic catch progress as per 17 March 2021
Iceland's Directorate of Fisheries Fiskistofa reports about total catches as registered in the national quota system.
Fiskistofa, the Directorate of Fisheries is an agency of the Ministry of Industries and Innovation. The Directorate's task is monitoring fisheries and the daily administration of the fisheries management system in Iceland.
Icelandic stocks
Fishing year 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2021 Date of publication: 17.03.2021
Species |
Alloc. quota |
Compensations |
Trfr. prev. year |
Allowed catch |
Catch |
Balance |
Transfers |
New balance |
Trfr/ next year |
Over fished |
Net quota status |
Cod |
202,266 |
358 |
11,178 |
213,802 |
126,08 |
87,722 |
-854 |
86,868 |
27,523 |
2 |
59,347 |
Haddock |
35,334 |
1,012 |
1,841 |
38,188 |
27,998 |
10,19 |
493 |
10,683 |
3,623 |
0 |
7,06 |
Saithe |
62,321 |
2,014 |
12,486 |
76,821 |
20,667 |
56,154 |
-876 |
55,278 |
9,087 |
0 |
46,19 |
Redfish |
32,557 |
1,453 |
3,831 |
37,841 |
21,476 |
16,365 |
305 |
16,669 |
4,645 |
0 |
12,025 |
Ling |
3,356 |
119 |
516 |
3,991 |
2,278 |
1,712 |
386 |
2,098 |
365 |
0 |
1,733 |
Blue ling, European ling |
308 |
18 |
72 |
397 |
189 |
208 |
62 |
271 |
38 |
0 |
233 |
Tusk |
1,218 |
70 |
502 |
1,79 |
883 |
907 |
146 |
1,053 |
165 |
0 |
888 |
Atlantic wolffish |
7,467 |
221 |
1,077 |
8,765 |
2,572 |
6,193 |
13 |
6,206 |
969 |
0 |
5,237 |
Spotted wolffish, leopardfish |
267 |
15 |
17 |
299 |
537 |
-238 |
319 |
81 |
13 |
0 |
68 |
Angler |
429 |
26 |
47 |
502 |
157 |
345 |
19 |
364 |
50 |
0 |
314 |
Greater argentine |
8,266 |
463 |
1,882 |
10,611 |
2,421 |
8,19 |
-24 |
8,166 |
1,194 |
0 |
6,972 |
Greenland halibut |
11,562 |
663 |
1,606 |
13,831 |
3,814 |
10,018 |
-12 |
10,005 |
1,531 |
0 |
8,475 |
Plaice |
6,131 |
363 |
704 |
7,197 |
4,424 |
2,773 |
170 |
2,943 |
595 |
0 |
2,348 |
Lemon sole |
935 |
52 |
192 |
1,179 |
457 |
722 |
26 |
748 |
100 |
0 |
648 |
Witch flounder |
744 |
42 |
112 |
898 |
267 |
630 |
20 |
650 |
70 |
0 |
580 |
Common dab |
206 |
12 |
57 |
275 |
130 |
145 |
40 |
185 |
16 |
0 |
168 |
Long rough dab |
13 |
0 |
2 |
16 |
5 |
11 |
4 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
Atlantic herring |
28,608 |
1,881 |
4,668 |
35,157 |
27,2 |
7,957 |
0 |
7,957 |
3,585 |
0 |
4,372 |
Capelin |
66,133 |
3,701 |
0 |
69,834 |
70,726 |
-892 |
0 |
-892 |
0 |
897 |
5 |
Lobster |
42 |
0 |
9 |
51 |
2 |
49 |
0 |
49 |
6 |
0 |
43 |
Outshore shrimp |
4,864 |
272 |
660 |
5,796 |
624 |
5,172 |
0 |
5,172 |
713 |
0 |
4,459 |
Shrimp - Arnarfjord |
174 |
10 |
14 |
198 |
119 |
79 |
0 |
79 |
8 |
0 |
71 |
Shrimp - Djúp |
555 |
31 |
-5 |
581 |
361 |
221 |
0 |
221 |
8 |
0 |
213 |
Shrimp - Snæfellsnes |
0 |
0 |
244 |
244 |
4 |
240 |
0 |
240 |
0 |
0 |
240 |
Norway haddock |
648 |
36 |
143 |
827 |
48 |
779 |
-1 |
779 |
95 |
0 |
684 |
Scallop - Breidafjord |
88 |
5 |
0 |
93 |
27 |
66 |
0 |
66 |
5 |
0 |
61 |
Deepwater redfish |
11,728 |
656 |
2,23 |
14,614 |
5,24 |
9,374 |
-35 |
9,339 |
1,713 |
0 |
7,626 |
Cod equivalent |
359,689 |
7,018 |
33,38 |
400,088 |
206,664 |
193,426 |
0 |
193,426 |
47,975 |
2 |
145,453 |
Figures are in tons (gutted weight where applicable).
Stradling stocks
Calendar year 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2021. Date of publication: 17.03.2021
Species |
Alloc. quota |
Compensations |
Trfr. prev. year |
Allowed catch |
Catch |
Balance |
Transfers |
New balance |
Trfr/ next year |
Over fished |
Net quota status |
Blue whiting |
183,688 |
10,392 |
8,041 |
202,121 |
20,995 |
181,126 |
0 |
181,126 |
18,37 |
0 |
162,756 |
Mackerel |
0 |
0 |
22,324 |
22,368 |
0 |
22,368 |
0 |
22,368 |
0 |
0 |
22,368 |
Atlanto Scandian Herring |
111,469 |
6,238 |
-4,033 |
113,674 |
0 |
113,674 |
0 |
113,674 |
11,146 |
0 |
102,528 |
Norwegian Cod |
3,242 |
181 |
0 |
3,424 |
1,904 |
1,519 |
0 |
1,519 |
0 |
0 |
1,519 |
Russian Cod |
4,053 |
0 |
0 |
4,053 |
0 |
4,053 |
0 |
4,053 |
0 |
0 |
4,053 |
Russian haddock |
354 |
0 |
0 |
354 |
0 |
354 |
0 |
354 |
0 |
0 |
354 |
Cod equivalent |
36,803 |
1,823 |
4,584 |
43,219 |
3,584 |
39,636 |
0 |
39,636 |
2,919 |
0 |
36,717 |