News
Tuesday - 30 November 2010
No. 234/2010
Value of catch January-August 2010
Total value 91 billion ISK
Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 91 billion ISK in January-August 2010, compared with 77 billion ISK in the first seven months of 2009. Total value increased therefore by 18.2% between years.
Total value of demersal species accounted for ISK 64 billion; thereof cod ISK 30 billion, haddock 11 billion, redfish 7.7 billion and saith 5.6 billion. Total value of pelagic species accounted for ISK 17.7 billion and flatfish catches for 7 billion.
| Value of catch in January-August 2010 | ||||||
| Million ISK | August | January-August | % change from | |||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 10,076.0 | 12,664.3 | 76,669.2 | 90,616.2 | 18.2 | |
| Demersal catch | 5,976.2 | 7,497.1 | 52,708.6 | 64,021.1 | 21.5 | |
| Cod | 2,525.3 | 3,105.0 | 23,516.8 | 30,128.5 | 28.1 | |
| Haddock | 1,247.0 | 1,618.8 | 10,519.0 | 11,072.5 | 5.3 | |
| Redfish | 528.5 | 816.9 | 6,108.0 | 7,619.6 | 24.7 | |
| Saith | 843.7 | 1,282.9 | 4,255.9 | 5,601.1 | 31.6 | |
| Other demersal | 831.7 | 673.5 | 8,308.8 | 9,599.4 | 15.5 | |
| Flatfish catch | 773.5 | 643.5 | 7,207.5 | 6,982.4 | -3.1 | |
| Pelagic catch | 3,116.0 | 4,216.4 | 15,349.9 | 17,662.5 | 15.1 | |
| Herring | 2,350.9 | 1,720.3 | 7,125.4 | 4,200.4 | -41.1 | |
| Capelin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 412.3 | 1,352.0 | 227.9 | |
| Blue whiting | 23.1 | 123.4 | 2,661.1 | 3,258.1 | 22.4 | |
| Other pelagics | 742.1 | 2,372.7 | 5,151.0 | 8,852.0 | 71.8 | |
| Shellfish catch | 206.2 | 307.0 | 1,373.6 | 1,901.1 | 38.4 | |
| Shrimp | 111.2 | 174.9 | 699.4 | 1,172.9 | 67.7 | |
| Other shellfish | 94.9 | 132.2 | 674.2 | 728.2 | 8.0 | |
| Miscellaneous catch | 4.2 | 0.3 | 29.6 | 49.2 | 66.1 | |
| Value of catch by type of landing January-August 2010 | ||||||
| Million ISK | August | January-August | % change from | |||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 10,076.0 | 12,664.3 | 76,669.2 | 90,616.2 | 18.2 | |
| For domestic processing | 3,234.9 | 4,558.6 | 29,319.1 | 36,061.4 | 23.0 | |
| For export in containers | 990.2 | 673.9 | 9,291.5 | 6,695.8 | -27.9 | |
| Landed abroad for fishmeal and oil production | 128.5 | 0.0 | 392.0 | 83.6 | -78.7 | |
| Frozen at sea | 4,564.6 | 5,925.0 | 26,257.2 | 33,257.0 | 26.7 | |
| To auction market, for domestic processing | 972.1 | 1,238.8 | 9,567.5 | 13,359.0 | 39.6 | |
| To auction market, for export in containers* | 115.3 | 122.8 | 834.4 | – | – | |
| Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 16.8 | 60.4 | 37.3 | 184.4 | 394.7 | |
| Fresh fish sold from vessel abroad | 0.0 | 0.0 | 263.3 | 0.0 | – | |
| Farmed fish | 7.2 | 9.2 | 98.6 | 75.8 | -23.2 | |
| Other types of landings | 46.4 | 75.6 | 608.3 | 899.2 | 47.8 | |
| *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 - August 2010 | ||||||
| Million ISK | January | January-August | % change from | |||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 10,076.0 | 12,664.3 | 76,669.2 | 90,616.2 | 18.2 | |
| Capital region | 1,783.7 | 2,210.0 | 13,396.5 | 17,004.2 | 26.9 | |
| Southwest | 1,523.9 | 2,007.7 | 12,631.4 | 15,577.5 | 23.3 | |
| West | 141.0 | 182.6 | 3,279.7 | 3,808.5 | 16.1 | |
| Westfjords | 398.3 | 623.2 | 3,786.1 | 4,845.3 | 28.0 | |
| Northwest | 934.9 | 1,077.1 | 5,147.7 | 6,705.9 | 30.3 | |
| Northeast | 1,632.8 | 2,469.7 | 11,243.6 | 14,075.1 | 25.2 | |
| East | 1,590.2 | 2,010.5 | 10,632.6 | 12,068.7 | 13.5 | |
| Southwest | 1,016.3 | 1,468.6 | 6,984.3 | 10,049.8 | 43.9 | |
| Abroad | 1,055.0 | 615.0 | 9,567.1 | 6,481.4 | -32.3 | |
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