Value of catch January-December 2010 and January 2011
Total value 9 billion ISK
Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 9 billion ISK in January 2011, compared with 8.3 billion ISK in the first month of 2010. Total value increased therefore by 8% between years, reports www.megafishnet.com with reference to Statistics Iceland.
Total value of demersal species accounted for ISK 5.6 billion; thereof cod ISK 3.2 billion, haddock 0.8 billion, and redfish 0.7 billion. Total value of pelagic species accounted for ISK 3 billion and flatfish catches for 0.3 billion.
Preliminary figures for total catch and value of catch over 2010 have been updated.
Value of catch in January 2011
Million ISK | January | % change from previous year | |||
2010 | 2011 | ||||
Total value | 8,338.1 | 9,007.2 | 8.0 | ||
Demersal catch | 7,007.2 | 5,588.1 | -20.3 | ||
Cod | 4,239.7 | 3,242.0 | -23.5 | ||
Haddock | 1,278.8 | 826.9 | -35.3 | ||
Redfish | 506.1 | 659.8 | 30.4 | ||
Saith | 397.2 | 314.1 | -20.9 | ||
Other demersal | 585.4 | 545.3 | -6.9 | ||
Flatfish catch | 527.8 | 346.2 | -34.4 | ||
Pelagic catch | 751.6 | 3,038.7 | 304.3 | ||
Herring | 208.4 | 304.2 | 46.0 | ||
Capelin | 0.0 | 2,537.2 | - | ||
Blue whiting | 279.1 | 0.7 | -99.7 | ||
Other pelagics | 264.0 | 196.5 | -25.6 | ||
Shellfish catch | 44.7 | 29.7 | -33.7 | ||
Shrimp | 42.8 | 27.8 | -35.0 | ||
Other shellfish | 2.0 | 1.9 | -5.3 | ||
Miscellaneous catch | 6.8 | 4.6 | -32.8 | ||