Icelandic catch progress as per 31 March 2021
Iceland's Directorate of Fisheries Fiskistofa reports about total catches as registered in the national quota system.
Icelandic stocks
Fishing year 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2021 Date of publication: 31.03.2021
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 |
1,168 |
11,178 |
214,613 |
136,473 |
78,14 |
-1,024 |
77,116 |
27,164 |
61 |
50,013 |
Haddock |
35,334 |
1,086 |
1,841 |
38,261 |
30 |
8,261 |
698 |
8,96 |
3,279 |
2 |
5,683 |
Saithe |
62,321 |
2,086 |
12,486 |
76,892 |
23,942 |
52,95 |
-939 |
52,012 |
9,186 |
0 |
42,825 |
Redfish |
32,557 |
1,583 |
3,831 |
37,97 |
23,229 |
14,741 |
331 |
15,072 |
4,45 |
0 |
10,621 |
Ling |
3,356 |
124 |
516 |
3,996 |
2,62 |
1,375 |
462 |
1,837 |
334 |
2 |
1,505 |
Blue ling, European ling |
308 |
18 |
72 |
398 |
191 |
207 |
60 |
267 |
37 |
0 |
230 |
Tusk |
1,218 |
72 |
502 |
1,792 |
943 |
850 |
141 |
991 |
163 |
0 |
828 |
Atlantic wolffish |
7,467 |
231 |
1,077 |
8,776 |
2,939 |
5,836 |
-35 |
5,801 |
961 |
0 |
4,841 |
Spotted wolffish, leopardfish |
267 |
15 |
17 |
299 |
551 |
-252 |
331 |
79 |
13 |
0 |
66 |
Angler |
429 |
26 |
47 |
502 |
165 |
337 |
17 |
353 |
48 |
0 |
305 |
Greater argentine |
8,266 |
463 |
1,882 |
10,611 |
2,586 |
8,025 |
-26 |
7,999 |
1,19 |
0 |
6,809 |
Greenland halibut |
11,562 |
664 |
1,606 |
13,832 |
4,062 |
9,77 |
5 |
9,775 |
1,526 |
0 |
8,249 |
Plaice |
6,131 |
365 |
704 |
7,199 |
4,852 |
2,347 |
171 |
2,519 |
585 |
3 |
1,937 |
Lemon sole |
935 |
53 |
192 |
1,18 |
494 |
686 |
26 |
712 |
99 |
0 |
613 |
Witch flounder |
744 |
42 |
112 |
898 |
274 |
624 |
17 |
641 |
69 |
0 |
572 |
Common dab |
206 |
12 |
57 |
275 |
138 |
136 |
19 |
155 |
17 |
0 |
139 |
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 |
892 |
0 |
Lobster |
42 |
2 |
9 |
53 |
2 |
51 |
0 |
51 |
6 |
0 |
45 |
Outshore shrimp |
4,864 |
272 |
660 |
5,796 |
675 |
5,121 |
0 |
5,121 |
713 |
0 |
4,408 |
Shrimp - Arnarfjord |
174 |
10 |
14 |
198 |
119 |
79 |
0 |
79 |
8 |
0 |
71 |
Shrimp - Djúp |
555 |
31 |
-5 |
581 |
388 |
194 |
0 |
194 |
21 |
0 |
173 |
Shrimp - Snæfellsnes |
0 |
0 |
244 |
244 |
4 |
240 |
0 |
240 |
0 |
0 |
240 |
Norway haddock |
648 |
36 |
143 |
827 |
53 |
774 |
2 |
776 |
95 |
0 |
681 |
Scallop - Breidafjord |
88 |
5 |
0 |
93 |
35 |
58 |
0 |
58 |
5 |
0 |
54 |
Deepwater redfish |
11,728 |
657 |
2,23 |
14,614 |
5,895 |
8,72 |
-93 |
8,627 |
1,622 |
0 |
7,006 |
Cod equivalent |
359,689 |
8,073 |
33,38 |
401,141 |
224,307 |
176,834 |
0 |
176,834 |
47,116 |
68 |
129,786 |
Figures are in tons (gutted weight where applicable).
Stradling stocks
Calendar year 01.09.2020 - 31.08.2021. Date of publication: 31.03.2021
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 |
22,661 |
179,46 |
0 |
179,46 |
18,37 |
0 |
161,09 |
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 |
3,235 |
189 |
0 |
189 |
0 |
0 |
189 |
Russian Cod |
4,053 |
227 |
0 |
4,28 |
0 |
4,28 |
0 |
4,28 |
0 |
0 |
4,28 |
Russian haddock |
354 |
0 |
0 |
354 |
0 |
354 |
0 |
354 |
0 |
0 |
354 |
Cod equivalent |
36,803 |
2,05 |
4,584 |
43,446 |
5,048 |
38,4 |
0 |
38,4 |
2,919 |
0 |
35,48 |