Total catch in November was nearly 78 thousand tonnes

Total catch in November was nearly 78 thousand tonnes

Dec 18

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Total catch of Icelandic vessels in November was 77,902 tonnes, which is a 1% increase from November 2016. Demersal catch was over 44 thousand tonnes, an increase of 12%.

Of demersal species, the largest amount was in cod, 26,700 tonnes, which is on pair with November 2016. Nearly 5,700 tonnes where caught of saithe, which is more than double the amount of November last year. Pelagic catch was over 31,600 tonnes which consisted of herring and blue-whiting. The herring catch was nearly 24 thousand tonnes and decreased by 25%, but over 7,700 tonnes of blue-whiting were caught which is nearly double tonnage of November 2016. Flatfish catch was 1,350 tonnes, which is a decrease of 12%. Shellfish catch increased by 35%, was 735 tonnes, but was 543 tonnes in November 2016.

Total catch in the 12 month period from December 2016 to November 2017 was 1,166 thousand tonnes, an increse of 10% compared with the same period a year earlier.

The price value index was 5.4% higher than in November 2016

Fish catch
	November			December-November
	2016	2017	%	2015-2016	2016-2017	%
Fish catch at constant prices
Index	84.7	89.3	5.4

Fish catch in tonnes
Total catch	77,530	77,902	1	1,060,149	1,166,454	10
Demersal catch	39,542	44,188	12	461,164	423,033	-8
Cod	26,715	26,719	0	268,223	248,625	-7
Haddock	3,188	3,474	9	39,585	35,527	-10
Saithe	2,757	5,697	107	49,086	48,006	-2
Redfish	5,061	6,426	27	62,933	59,239	-6
Other demersal catch	1,821	1,872	3	41,336	31,635	-23
Flatfish	1,527	1,350	-12	24,500	21,768	-11
Pelagic catch	35,918	31,629	-12	561,580	711,342	27
Herring	32,004	23,888	-25	112,941	132,273	17
Capelin	0	0	–	101,089	196,832	95
Blue whiting	3,914	7,741	98	176,846	216,364	22
Mackerel	0	0	–	170,699	165,873	-3
Other pelagic catch	0	0	–	5	0	–
Shellfish	543	735	35	12,818	10,276	-20
Other species	0	0	–	86	35	-60

Information about catch of fish which are published in this press release are preliminary figures. The data is gathered by the Directorate of Fisheries.

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