Value of Icelandic catch January-February 2010

June 1, 2010 15:10

Total value 20.6 billion ISK

Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 20.6 billion ISK in January to February 2010, compared with 16.1 billion ISK in the first two months of 2009. Total value increased therefore by 28.1% between years, reports www.megafishnet.com with reference to Statistics Iceland. 

Total value of demersal species accounted for ISK 16.3 billion; thereof cod ISK 9.5 billion, haddock 2.6 billion, and redfish 1.8 billion. Total value of pelagic species accounted for ISK 3 billion and flatfish catches for 1.3 billion.

Value of catch in January-February 2010

Million ISK

February

January-February

% change from

2009

2010

2009

2010

previous year

Total value

8,747.2

12,256.1

16,076.7

20,593.3

28.1

Demersal catch

6,724.5

9,283.3

12,575.0

16,304.7

29.7

Cod

3,681.2

5,242.8

7,080.4

9,497.8

34.1

Haddock

1,272.0

1,588.0

2,353.9

2,865.7

21.7

Saith

314.9

442.9

604.1

840.2

39.1

Redfish

955.0

1,302.0

1,533.3

1,808.6

18.0

Ocean redfish

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

-

Other demersal

501.4

707.6

1,003.4

1,292.3

41.1

Flatfish catch

574.3

729.9

1,077.9

1,257.6

27.1

Pelagic catch

1,435.9

2,202.7

2,401.4

2,954.3

53.4

Herring

365.7

110.8

887.1

319.2

-69.7

Capelin

340.8

1,596.0

340.8

1,596.0

-

Blue whiting

47.6

9.1

396.5

288.2

-80.9

Other pelagics

681.8

486.9

777.1

750.9

-28.6

Shellfish catch

7.7

37.2

14.5

71.4

383.4

Shrimp

6.9

37.2

13.0

71.1

435.6

Other shellfish

0.7

0.0

1.5

0.3

-100.0

Miscellaneous catch

4.8

3.0

8.0

5.3

-38.0

Value of catch by type of landing January-February 2010

Million ISK

February

January-February

% change from

2009

2010

2009

2010

previous year

Total value

8,747

12,256

16,077

20,593

28

For domestic processing

3,891

5,597

7,357

9,505

29

For export in containers

994

906

2,023

1,624

-20

Landed abroad for fishmeal and oil production

2

0

72

0

-

Frozen at sea

2,419

3,915

3,513

5,570

59

To auction market, for domestic processing

1,262

1,755

2,710

3,764

39

To auction market, for export in containers*

81

-

210

-

-

Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing

1

21

2

21

1,119

Fresh fish sold from vessel abroad

28

0

70

0

-

Farmed fish

4

0

7

0

-99

Other types of landings

66

61

114

109

-4

*Due to changes in catch registration figures for catch landed to auction market for export in containers are no longer separated from 2010.

Value of catch by region of landing January - February 2010     

Million ISK

January

January-February

% change from

2009

2010

2009

2010

previous year

Total value

8,747.2

12,256.1

16,076.7

20,593.3

28.1

Capital region

1,485.6

2,444.5

2,525.6

3,883.5

53.8

Southwest

1,709.8

2,150.4

3,458.1

4,113.1

18.9

West

699.1

688.9

1,290.1

1,282.4

-0.6

Westfjords

503.4

459.9

909.9

1,170.7

28.7

Northwest

337.3

983.2

547.3

1,228.1

124.4

Northeast

1,258.9

1,622.0

2,121.4

2,646.6

24.8

East

853.5

1,747.1

1,661.3

2,520.7

51.7

Southwest

986.1

1,254.2

1,594.3

2,124.3

33.2

Abroad

913.5

905.8

1,968.8

1,623.8

-17.5

The data published in the tables are based on weight and processing reports, collected from fish buyers by to Icelandic Directorate of Fisheries. Figures for the year 2009 and 2010 are preliminary. Final figures have through the years been seen to become somewhere between 1-2% higher in total than preliminary figures at the most. The differense in figures for specific species can however become more.

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