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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 |
