Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 47.3 billion ISK in January-March 2012, compared with 37.6 billion ISK in the first three months of 2011. Total value increased therefore by 25.8% between years.
Total value of demersal species accounted for ISK 29 billion; thereof cod ISK 16.1 billion, haddock 4.5 billion, and redfish 4.8 billion. Total value of pelagic species accounted for ISK 14.7 billion and flatfish catches for 3 billion.
| Value of catch in January-March 2012 | ||||||
| Million ISK | March | January-March | % change from | |||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 14,123.4 | 17,085.3 | 37,591.2 | 47,299.4 | 25.8 | |
| Demersal catch | 10,089.5 | 11,812.3 | 23,322.2 | 28,959.7 | 24.2 | |
| Cod | 5,980.4 | 6,260.2 | 13,718.1 | 16,126.8 | 17.6 | |
| Haddock | 1,528.6 | 1,708.7 | 3,392.7 | 4,489.0 | 32.3 | |
| Saith | 579.1 | 734.4 | 1,258.4 | 1,737.4 | 38.1 | |
| Redfish | 1,102.4 | 2,317.7 | 2,803.2 | 4,766.6 | 70.0 | |
| Ocean redfish | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | |
| Other demersal | 898.9 | 791.4 | 2,149.7 | 1,839.8 | -14.4 | |
| Flatfish catch | 1,270.9 | 1,113.1 | 2,848.9 | 2,970.2 | 4.3 | |
| Pelagic catch | 2,357.2 | 3,638.0 | 10,857.8 | 14,660.6 | 35.0 | |
| Herring | 0.0 | 36.5 | 304.4 | 47.3 | -84.5 | |
| Capelin | 1,398.6 | 2,236.2 | 8,683.6 | 13,011.7 | 49.8 | |
| Blue whiting | 75.9 | 37.9 | 76.8 | 130.6 | 70.1 | |
| Other pelagics | 882.8 | 1,327.4 | 1,793.0 | 1,471.1 | -18.0 | |
| Shellfish catch | 184.8 | 333.8 | 332.4 | 516.8 | 55.5 | |
| Shrimp | 182.9 | 327.8 | 326.5 | 499.8 | 53.1 | |
| Other shellfish | 1.9 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 17.1 | 185.9 | |
| Miscellaneous catch | 220.9 | 188.0 | 230.0 | 192.0 | -16.5 | |
| Value of catch by type of landing January-March 2012 | ||||||
| Million ISK | March | January-March | % change from | |||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 14,123 | 17,085 | 37,591 | 47,299 | 25.8 | |
| For domestic processing | 7,186 | 8,357 | 21,637 | 27,205 | 25.7 | |
| For export in containers | 639 | 506 | 1,411 | 1,540 | 9.1 | |
| Landed abroad for fishmeal and oil production | 0 | 0 | 145 | 0 | – | |
| Frozen at sea | 3,997 | 5,802 | 8,805 | 12,257 | 39.2 | |
| To auction market, for domestic processing | 2,187 | 2,344 | 5,391 | 6,088 | 12.9 | |
| Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 30 | 0 | 30 | 16 | -45.2 | |
| Fresh fish sold from vessel abroad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Farmed fish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Other types of landings | 85 | 77 | 173 | 194 | 12.2 | |
| Value of catch by region of landing January - March 2012 | ||||||
| Million ISK | January | January-March | % change from | |||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 14,123.4 | 17,085.3 | 37,591.2 | 47,299.4 | 25.8 | |
| Capital region | 2,695.0 | 4,223.0 | 5,828.0 | 9,444.7 | 62.1 | |
| Southwest | 2,672.7 | 3,464.7 | 6,891.5 | 8,172.6 | 18.6 | |
| West | 1,021.0 | 1,144.7 | 2,790.8 | 3,187.9 | 14.2 | |
| Westfjords | 651.4 | 631.3 | 1,731.4 | 1,943.6 | 12.3 | |
| Northwest | 924.3 | 1,112.0 | 1,937.1 | 2,579.8 | 33.2 | |
| Northeast | 1,915.9 | 1,428.1 | 4,881.8 | 4,805.5 | -1.6 | |
| East | 1,601.5 | 2,201.4 | 6,675.5 | 9,644.7 | 44.5 | |
| Southwest | 2,002.8 | 2,374.3 | 5,298.8 | 5,981.0 | 12.9 | |
| Abroad | 638.7 | 505.9 | 1,556.4 | 1,539.5 | -1.1 | |
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