Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 137.9 billion ISK in January-October 2012, compared with 127.6 billion ISK in the first ten months of 2011. Total value increased therefore by 8.1% between years.
Total value of demersal species accounted for ISK 81.3 billion; thereof cod ISK 41.5 billion, haddock 10.4 billion, and redfish 11.9 billion. Total value of pelagic species accounted for ISK 42.3 billion and flatfish catches for 9.2 billion.
| Value of catch in January-October 2012 | ||||||
| Million ISK | October | January-October | % change from | |||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 13,107 | 15,076 | 127,648 | 137,935 | 8.1 | |
| Demersal catch | 8,980 | 9,779 | 76,661 | 81,252 | 6.0 | |
| Cod | 4,454 | 4,992 | 36,847 | 41,541 | 12.7 | |
| Haddock | 1,137 | 1,076 | 9,565 | 10,373 | 8.4 | |
| Saith | 888 | 957 | 7,308 | 7,970 | 9.1 | |
| Redfish | 1,637 | 1,660 | 11,239 | 11,944 | 6.3 | |
| Ocean redfish | 0 | 0 | 4,028 | 1,979 | -50.9 | |
| Other demersal | 864 | 1,094 | 7,674 | 7,445 | -3.0 | |
| Flatfish catch | 883 | 662 | 8,509 | 9,243 | 8.6 | |
| Pelagic catch | 3,018 | 4,311 | 38,366 | 42,349 | 10.4 | |
| Herring | 2,831 | 4,232 | 9,736 | 10,638 | 9.3 | |
| Capelin | 48 | 0 | 8,731 | 13,117 | 50.2 | |
| Blue whiting | 41 | 29 | 257 | 2,691 | 948.9 | |
| Other pelagics | 98 | 50 | 19,642 | 15,902 | -19.0 | |
| Shellfish catch | 219 | 322 | 2,641 | 3,819 | 44.6 | |
| Shrimp | 120 | 215 | 1,687 | 2,793 | 65.5 | |
| Other shellfish | 100 | 107 | 953 | 1,026 | 7.6 | |
| Miscellaneous catch | 6 | 2 | 1,471 | 1,272 | -13.5 | |
| Value of catch by type of landing January-October 2012 | ||||||
| Million ISK | October | January-October | % change from | |||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 13,107 | 15,076 | 127,648 | 137,935 | 8.1 | |
| For domestic processing | 5,063 | 6,149 | 54,895 | 64,466 | 17.4 | |
| For export in containers | 543 | 392 | 5,607 | 4,629 | -17.4 | |
| Landed abroad for fishmeal and oil production | 0 | 0 | 145 | 125 | -14.3 | |
| Frozen at sea | 5,944 | 6,810 | 49,644 | 49,738 | 0.2 | |
| To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,519 | 1,688 | 16,587 | 18,156 | 9.5 | |
| Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 1 | 0 | 142 | 330 | 132.8 | |
| Fresh fish sold from vessel abroad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Farmed fish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Other types of landings | 37 | 37 | 629 | 491 | -21.9 | |
| Value of catch by region of landing January - October 2012 | ||||||
| Million ISK | January | January-October | % change from | |||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 13,107 | 15,076 | 127,648 | 137,935 | 8.1 | |
| Capital region | 3,196 | 3,337 | 24,333 | 31,466 | 29.3 | |
| Southwest | 2,572 | 2,434 | 21,363 | 22,298 | 4.4 | |
| West | 524 | 512 | 5,968 | 6,746 | 13.0 | |
| Westfjords | 590 | 826 | 6,480 | 7,557 | 16.6 | |
| Northwest | 873 | 1,293 | 8,325 | 9,284 | 11.5 | |
| Northeast | 2,076 | 2,024 | 21,058 | 15,996 | -24.0 | |
| East | 1,405 | 1,891 | 18,219 | 21,642 | 18.8 | |
| Southwest | 1,329 | 2,308 | 16,151 | 17,892 | 10.8 | |
| Abroad | 543 | 452 | 5,752 | 5,054 | -12.1 | |