The landed catch of Icelandic vessels in January 2020 was 35.8 thousand tonnes which is a 23% decrease from January last year. Demersal catch decreased by 37% while pelagic catch increased due to 6 thousand tonnes catch of blue whiting, whereas none was caught in January 2019.
The total catch in a 12 month period from February 2019 to January 2020 decreased by 13% compared to the same period a year earlier.
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 in tonnes | ||||||
| January | February-January | |||||
| 2019 | 2020 | % | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | % | |
| Total catch | 46,389 | 35,780 | -23 | 1,197,850 | 1,037,593 | -13 |
| Demersal catch | 42,726 | 27,051 | -37 | 486,608 | 465,838 | -4 |
| Cod | 24,166 | 17,461 | -28 | 275,896 | 266,317 | -3 |
| Haddock | 7,414 | 3,889 | -48 | 51,503 | 54,393 | 6 |
| Saithe | 5,870 | 2,654 | -55 | 68,594 | 61,481 | -10 |
| Redfish | 3,590 | 2,110 | -41 | 58,024 | 52,049 | -10 |
| Other demersal catch | 1,685 | 937 | -44 | 32,592 | 31,598 | -3 |
| Flatfish | 1,947 | 662 | -66 | 27,579 | 20,947 | -24 |
| Pelagic catch | 1,346 | 7,827 | 482 | 670,879 | 540,854 | -19 |
| Herring | 1,346 | 1,494 | 11 | 124,075 | 138,084 | 11 |
| Capelin | 0 | 0 | - | 118,249 | 0 | -100 |
| Blue whiting | 0 | 6,333 | - | 292,952 | 274,684 | -6 |
| Mackerel | 0 | 0 | - | 135,603 | 128,085 | -6 |
| Other pelagic catch | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 4,119 |
| Shellfish | 371 | 240 | -35 | 12,783 | 9,951 | -22 |
| Other species | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 3 | 2,660 |