Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 152.2 billion ISK in January-November 2012, compared with 143.6 billion ISK in the first eleven months of 2011. Total value increased therefore by 6.0% between years.
Total value of demersal species accounted for ISK 89.7 billion; thereof cod ISK 45.9 billion, haddock 11.5 billion, and redfish 13.3 billion. Total value of pelagic species accounted for ISK 46.3 billion and flatfish catches for 9.7 billion.
| Value of catch in January-November 2012 | ||||||
| Million ISK | November | January-November | % change from | |||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 15,930 | 13,812 | 143,577 | 152,170 | 6.0 | |
| Demersal catch | 10,779 | 8,334 | 87,440 | 89,712 | 2.6 | |
| Cod | 5,441 | 4,292 | 42,288 | 45,922 | 8.6 | |
| Haddock | 1,343 | 1,089 | 10,908 | 11,484 | 5.3 | |
| Saith | 992 | 851 | 8,300 | 8,824 | 6.3 | |
| Redfish | 2,050 | 1,343 | 13,289 | 13,292 | 0.0 | |
| Ocean redfish | 0 | 0 | 4,028 | 1,979 | -50.9 | |
| Other demersal | 953 | 759 | 8,627 | 8,211 | -4.8 | |
| Flatfish catch | 852 | 443 | 9,362 | 9,688 | 3.5 | |
| Pelagic catch | 4,059 | 3,737 | 42,425 | 46,253 | 9.0 | |
| Herring | 3,905 | 3,619 | 13,641 | 14,410 | 5.6 | |
| Capelin | 153 | 112 | 8,885 | 13,230 | 48.9 | |
| Blue whiting | 1 | 5 | 257 | 2,710 | 952.7 | |
| Other pelagics | 0 | 0 | 19,642 | 15,903 | -19.0 | |
| Shellfish catch | 237 | 1,296 | 2,877 | 5,238 | 82.0 | |
| Shrimp | 155 | 1,238 | 1,842 | 4,146 | 125.1 | |
| Other shellfish | 82 | 58 | 1,035 | 1,092 | 5.4 | |
| Miscellaneous catch | 3 | 2 | 1,474 | 1,280 | -13.2 | |
| Value of catch by type of landing January-November 2012 | ||||||
| Million ISK | November | January-November | % change from | |||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 15,930 | 13,812 | 143,577 | 152,170 | 6.0 | |
| For domestic processing | 6,138 | 6,631 | 61,033 | 71,480 | 17.1 | |
| For export in containers | 537 | 533 | 6,144 | 5,162 | -16.0 | |
| Landed abroad for fishmeal and oil production | 0 | 0 | 145 | 125 | -14.3 | |
| Frozen at sea | 7,744 | 5,043 | 57,387 | 54,780 | -4.5 | |
| To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,449 | 1,525 | 18,036 | 19,711 | 9.3 | |
| Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 27 | 27 | 169 | 367 | 117.4 | |
| Fresh fish sold from vessel abroad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Farmed fish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Other types of landings | 34 | 53 | 663 | 545 | -17.8 | |
| Value of catch by region of landing January - November 2012 | ||||||
| Million ISK | November | January-November | % change from | |||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 15,930 | 13,812 | 143,577 | 152,170 | 6.0 | |
| Capital region | 3,874 | 2,976 | 28,207 | 34,465 | 22.2 | |
| Southwest | 2,708 | 2,281 | 24,071 | 24,594 | 2.2 | |
| West | 562 | 440 | 6,530 | 7,242 | 10.9 | |
| Westfjords | 965 | 1,828 | 7,445 | 9,544 | 28.2 | |
| Northwest | 1,184 | 833 | 9,509 | 10,120 | 6.4 | |
| Northeast | 2,180 | 1,277 | 23,238 | 17,278 | -25.6 | |
| East | 1,891 | 1,886 | 20,110 | 23,683 | 17.8 | |
| Southwest | 2,028 | 1,711 | 18,179 | 19,611 | 7.9 | |
| Abroad | 537 | 579 | 6,289 | 5,633 | -10.4 | |
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