The total catch for the Icelandic fleet for May 2020 was down 3 percent on the same period last year
The total catch of Icelandic vessels in May 2020 was 126,600 tonnes which is 3% less than in May 2019.
Pelagic species which consisted mainly of blue whiting, 79,000, which is 14% more than in May 2019.
The total catch of demersal species was 42,500, 12% less than in May last year. Cod catch was 26,700, 1% increase from the previous year.
Total catch in the 12 month period from June 2019 to May 2020 amounted to 969,000 which is 12% less than in the same period one year earlier. The value index of catch in May 2020 is 8.9% lower than in May 2019.
Information about catch of fish which are published in this press release are preliminary figures. The data is gathered by the Directorate of Fisheries.
Fish catch | ||||||
May | June-May | |||||
2019 | 2020 | % | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | % | |
Fish catch at constant prices | ||||||
Index | 101.5 | 92.4 | -8.9 | |||
Fish catch in tonnes | ||||||
Total catch | 122,171 | 125,612 | 3 | 1,095,893 | 969,178 | -12 |
Demersal catch | 48,283 | 42,484 | -12 | 492,835 | 458,872 | -7 |
Cod | 26,473 | 26,668 | 1 | 279,245 | 269,820 | -3 |
Haddock | 4,067 | 3,480 | -14 | 59,641 | 48,499 | -19 |
Saithe | 7,529 | 4,001 | -47 | 67,497 | 57,266 | -15 |
Other demersal catch | 5,142 | 4,133 | -20 | 31,579 | 31,143 | -1 |
Flatfish | 3,246 | 2,877 | -11 | 26,640 | 20,132 | -24 |
Pelagic catch | 69,561 | 79,714 | 15 | 564,648 | 481,970 | -15 |
Herring | 0 | 0 | – | 124,075 | 138,084 | 11 |
Capelin | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – |
Blue whiting | 69,167 | 78,958 | 14 | 304,537 | 215,444 | -29 |
Mackerel | 394 | 756 | 92 | 136,036 | 128,441 | -6 |
Other pelagic catch | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – |
Shellfish | 1,080 | 536 | -50 | 11,769 | 8,202 | -30 |
Other species | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 2 | 68 |