Catch of Icelandic vessels in April 2020 was 88.8 thousand tonnes which is 21% less than in April 2019. The reduction is mainly due to lower catch of pelagic species which consisted mainly of blue whiting, 41.7 thousand tonnes, which is 31% less than in April 2019. The total catch of demersal species was 44.6 thousand tonnes, 9% less than in April last year. Cod catch was 23.2 thousand tonnes, 1% increase from the previous year.
Total catch in the 12 month period from May 2019 to April 2020 amounted to 966 thousand tonnes which is 13% less than in the same period one year earlier. The value index of catch in April 2020 is 12.4% lower than in April 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 | ||||||
| April | May-April | |||||
| 2019 | 2020 | % | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | % | |
| Fish catch at constant prices | ||||||
| Index | 98.5 | 86.2 | -12.4 | |||
| Fish catch in tonnes | ||||||
| Total catch | 113,084 | 88,789 | -21 | 1,114,636 | 965,738 | -13 |
| Demersal catch | 49,079 | 44,567 | -9 | 489,815 | 464,673 | -5 |
| Cod | 22,981 | 23,238 | 1 | 278,534 | 269,619 | -3 |
| Haddock | 7,595 | 4,440 | -42 | 58,963 | 49,086 | -17 |
| Saithe | 6,160 | 5,099 | -17 | 65,693 | 60,793 | -7 |
| Redfish | 5,805 | 4,644 | -20 | 55,098 | 53,022 | -4 |
| Lumpfish | 2,378 | 3,601 | 51 | 4,520 | 6,372 | 41 |
| Other demersal catch | 4,160 | 3,545 | 9 | 31,527 | 32,153 | 2 |
| Flatfish | 1,851 | 2,044 | 10 | 27,027 | 20,501 | -24 |
| Pelagic catch | 61,064 | 41,914 | -31 | 585,577 | 471,816 | -19 |
| Herring | 0 | 0 | - | 124,075 | 138,084 | 11 |
| Capelin | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Blue whiting | 60,850 | 41,706 | -31 | 325,725 | 205,652 | -37 |
| Mackerel | 214 | 208 | -3 | 135,777 | 128,078 | -6 |
| Other pelagic catch | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | - |
| Shellfish | 1,089 | 264 | -76 | 12,216 | 8,745 | -28 |
| Other species | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 3 | 216 |