The value of catch from Icelandic vessels in January was 10.6 billion ISK, 10.2% more than in January 2018. Demersal catch value was 9.6 billion ISK, an increase of 35.7%. The value of cod was 5.8 billion ISK, an increase of 990 million or 20.6% compared with January 2018. There was a great increase in the value of haddock which was over 1.9 billion ISK in January compared with 950 million in January 2018. Value of pelagic catch was just 55 million ISK, compared with 1.9 billion in January 2018, the main reason being the shortage of capelin catch. Value of flatfish catch was 855 million ISK, 49.5% more than in January 2018. Total value of catch in the 12 month period from February 2018 to January 2019 was just over 128 billion ISK which is a 9.1% increase compared with the same period a year earlier.
*Information about catch value of fish in this press release is based on preliminary figures. The data is based on the first sale value of catch and is gathered by the Directorate of Fisheries. *
| Value of catch 2018–2019 | ||||||
| Million ISK | January | February-January | ||||
| 2018 | 2019 | % | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | % | |
| Total value | 9,613.8 | 10,592.6 | 10.2 | 117,596.6 | 128,253.4 | 9.1 |
| Demersal catch | 7,117.9 | 9,657.3 | 35.7 | 81,421.8 | 92,631.3 | 13.8 |
| Cod | 4,818.6 | 5,809.4 | 20.6 | 52,043.5 | 57,774.5 | 11.0 |
| Haddock | 949.9 | 1,916.9 | 101.8 | 8,535.3 | 11,555.6 | 35.4 |
| Saithe | 446.0 | 827.4 | 85.5 | 6,863.1 | 8,327.5 | 21.3 |
| Redfish | 619.7 | 797.8 | 28.7 | 9,437.4 | 10,386.6 | 10.1 |
| Ocean redfish | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 333.3 | 218.8 | -34.3 |
| Other demersal | 283.7 | 305.8 | 7.8 | 4,209.2 | 4,368.1 | 3.8 |
| Flatfish catch | 571.6 | 854.6 | 49.5 | 8,043.8 | 10,445.0 | 29.9 |
| Pelagic catch | 1,908.9 | 55.0 | -97.1 | 25,686.8 | 22,551.4 | -12.2 |
| Herring | 39.5 | 55.0 | 39.2 | 4,504.4 | 4,655.9 | 3.4 |
| Capelin | 1,869.3 | 0.0 | - | 8,578.8 | 4,022.3 | -53.1 |
| Blue whiting | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 4,078.1 | 6,366.4 | 56.1 |
| Mackerel | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 8,525.4 | 7,506.8 | -11.9 |
| Other pelagics | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | -98.3 |
| Shellfish catch | 15.4 | 25.7 | 66.6 | 2,444.2 | 2,625.8 | 7.4 |
| Lobster | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 833.6 | 567.5 | -31.9 |
| Shrimp | 5.7 | 0.2 | -97.1 | 1,236.2 | 1,483.6 | 20.0 |
| Other shellfish | 9.8 | 25.6 | 161.9 | 374.4 | 574.6 | 53.5 |
| Miscellaneous catch | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
| Value of catch by type of landing 2018–2019 | ||||||
| Million ISK | January | February-January | ||||
| 2018 | 2019 | % | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | % | |
| Total value | 9,613.8 | 10,592.6 | 10.2 | 117,596.6 | 128,253.4 | 9.1 |
| For domestic processing | 5,914.7 | 4,976.1 | -15.9 | 65,083.5 | 69,898.2 | 7.4 |
| To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,470.5 | 1,883.9 | 28.1 | 16,700.2 | 19,969.8 | 19.6 |
| Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 68.2 | 0.6 | -99.2 |
| For export in containers | 346.2 | 465.7 | 34.5 | 4,474.6 | 5,911.5 | 32.1 |
| Frozen at sea | 1,871.4 | 3,254.2 | 73.9 | 31,044.6 | 32,211.0 | 3.8 |
| Other types of landings | 10.9 | 12.7 | 16.4 | 225.5 | 262.4 | 16.3 |
| Value of catch by region of landing 2018–2019 | ||||||
| Million ISK | January | February-January | ||||
| 2018 | 2019 | % | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | % | |
| Total value | 9,613.8 | 10,592.6 | 10.2 | 117,596.6 | 128,253.4 | 9.1 |
| Capital region | 2,174.3 | 3,487.8 | 60.4 | 29,196.6 | 34,013.7 | 16.5 |
| West | 501.9 | 651.3 | 29.8 | 6,453.0 | 7,442.8 | 15.3 |
| Westfjords | 515.4 | 712.5 | 38.2 | 6,007.5 | 7,026.2 | 17.0 |
| Northwest | 416.1 | 754.6 | 81.4 | 5,706.4 | 7,583.9 | 32.9 |
| Northeast | 1,572.5 | 1,241.7 | -21.0 | 15,259.5 | 15,120.8 | -0.9 |
| East | 1,852.0 | 531.0 | -71.3 | 19,260.4 | 20,167.6 | 4.7 |
| South | 466.9 | 435.3 | -6.8 | 11,050.4 | 9,198.4 | -16.8 |
| Southwest | 1,751.3 | 2,295.3 | 31.1 | 19,951.5 | 21,397.3 | 7.2 |
| Abroad | 363.4 | 483.1 | 32.9 | 4,711.2 | 6,302.7 | 33.8 |