Total catch of Icelandic vessels in August was 120,627 tonnes, a 1% increase from August 2016. Demersal catch was over 39 thousand tonnes, increased by 18%, and cod catch was 21 thousand tonnes, an increase of 25%. Pelagic catch was over 77 thousand tonnes, a decrease of 7%. Flatfish catch was about 3 thousand tonnes and increased by 16%. Shellfish catch decreased by 15% compared with August 2016.
Total catch in the 12 month period from September 2016 to August 2017 was 1,120 thousand tonnes, an increase of 7% compared with the same period a year earlier.
The price value index was 5.9% higher than in August 2016.
| Fish catch | ||||||
| August | September-August | |||||
| 2016 | 2017 | % | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | % | |
| Fish catch at constant prices | ||||||
| Index | 105.4 | 111.6 | 5.9 | |||
| Fish catch in tonnes | ||||||
| Total catch | 119,970 | 120,627 | 1 | 1,047,311 | 1,120,109 | 7 |
| Demersal catch | 33,255 | 39,226 | 18 | 463,039 | 418,949 | -10 |
| Cod | 17,026 | 21,348 | 25 | 264,153 | 249,059 | -6 |
| Haddock | 3,171 | 3,091 | -3 | 40,578 | 35,506 | -12 |
| Saithe | 5,174 | 5,804 | 12 | 49,554 | 45,278 | -9 |
| Redfish | 5,583 | 7,206 | 29 | 64,812 | 56,946 | -12 |
| Other demersal catch | 2,302 | 1,777 | -23 | 43,942 | 32,160 | -27 |
| Flatfish | 2,566 | 2,982 | 16 | 25,192 | 22,016 | -13 |
| Pelagic catch | 82,641 | 77,146 | -7 | 546,195 | 669,563 | 23 |
| Herring | 10,129 | 13,372 | 32 | 107,688 | 114,700 | 7 |
| Capelin | 0 | 0 | - | 101,089 | 196,832 | 95 |
| Blue whiting | 495 | 890 | 80 | 189,347 | 207,907 | 10 |
| Mackerel | 72,013 | 62,884 | -13 | 148,056 | 150,122 | 1 |
| Other pelagic catch | 4 | 0 | - | 15 | 2 | - |
| Shellfish | 1,496 | 1,273 | -15 | 12,799 | 9,546 | -25 |
| Other species | 11 | 0 | - | 86 | 35 | -59 |