Value of Icelandic catch January-March 2010

July 1, 2010 09:31
 

Total value 35.7 billion ISK

Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 35.7 billion ISK in January-March 2010, compared with 26.5 billion ISK in the first three months of 2009. Total value increased therefore by 34.4% between years, reports www.megafishnet.com with reference to Statistics Iceland.

Total value of demersal species accounted for ISK 27.4 billion; thereof cod ISK 15.2 billion, haddock 4.7 billion, and redfish 3.9 billion. Total value of pelagic species accounted for ISK 6 billion and flatfish catches for 2.1 billion.

Value of catch in January-March 2010

Million ISK

March

January-March

% change from

 

 

 

2009

2010

2009

2010

previous year

Total value

10,454.2

14,871.0

26,535.1

35,651.4

34.4

Demersal catch

8,899.0

11,094.5

21,478.3

27,399.9

27.6

Cod

4,581.4

5,664.1

11,662.6

15,160.1

30.0

Haddock

1,706.0

1,858.7

4,059.9

4,724.5

16.4

Saith

474.3

623.2

1,078.4

1,463.4

35.7

Redfish

1,531.8

2,061.7

3,068.4

3,872.7

26.2

Ocean redfish

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

-

Other demersal

605.6

886.8

1,608.9

2,179.3

35.4

Flatfish catch

632.2

887.9

1,710.1

2,145.8

25.5

Pelagic catch

852.1

2,798.9

3,253.5

5,939.3

82.5

Herring

2.7

6.8

889.8

326.0

-63.4

Capelin

0.0

898.5

340.8

2,494.4

631.9

Blue whiting

774.3

397.6

1,170.8

685.9

-41.4

Other pelagics

75.1

1,496.1

852.2

2,433.0

185.5

Shellfish catch

67.5

76.7

82.0

148.1

80.5

Shrimp

67.0

76.7

80.0

147.8

84.8

Other shellfish

0.6

0.0

2.1

0.3

-85.8

Miscellaneous catch

3.3

13.0

11.2

18.3

62.7

Value of catch by type of landing January-March 2010

Million ISK

March

January-March

% change from

2009

2010

2009

2010

previous year

Total value

10,454

14,871

26,535

35,651

34.4

For domestic processing

4,346

6,655

11,704

16,344

39.7

For export in containers

1,202

994

3,228

2,621

-18.8

Landed abroad for fishmeal and oil production

38

0

110

0

-

Frozen at sea

3,159

4,843

6,672

10,413

56.1

To auction market, for domestic processing

1,369

2,149

4,079

5,914

45.0

To auction market, for export in containers*

103

-

313

-

-

Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing

2

29

4

50

1215.1

Fresh fish sold from vessel abroad

130

0

200

0

-

Farmed fish

12

16

18

16

-10.6

Other types of landings

93

184

207

293

41.4

*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 - March 2010

Million ISK

January

January-March

% change from

2009

2010

2009

2010

previous year

Total value

10,454.2

14,871.0

26,535.1

35,651.4

34.4

Capital region

1,830.8

2,539.0

4,356.4

6,422.6

47.4

Southwest

1,884.8

2,559.6

5,342.9

6,666.7

24.8

West

715.9

1,058.6

2,005.9

2,341.0

16.7

Westfjords

513.7

621.1

1,423.6

1,791.8

25.9

Northwest

757.3

1,011.4

1,304.6

2,239.5

71.7

Northeast

1,605.5

2,224.6

3,727.8

4,875.4

30.8

East

941.2

1,796.4

2,602.5

4,317.1

65.9

Southwest

901.9

2,065.9

2,496.2

4,376.5

75.3

Abroad

1,303.3

994.4

3,275.3

2,620.8

-20.0

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 are preliminary, but final for 2008. 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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