Catch of Icelandic vessels in July 2020 was about 90 thousand tonnes. The total catch of demersal species was 31 thousand tonnes, 18% less than in July last year. Pelagic catch was 56 thousand tonnes.
Total catch in the 12 month period from August 2019 to July 2020 amounted to 994 thousand tonnes which is 8% less than in the same period one year earlier.
The value index of catch in July 2020 is 14% lower than in July 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 | ||||||
| July | August-July | |||||
| 2019 | 2020 | % | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | % | |
| Fish catch at constant prices | ||||||
| Index | 93.7 | 80.6 | -14.0 | |||
| Fish catch in tonnes | ||||||
| Total catch | 95,477 | 89,599 | -6 | 1,082,280 | 993,542 | -8 |
| Demersal catch | 38,449 | 31,371 | -18 | 492,948 | 458,223 | -7 |
| Cod | 21,355 | 20,044 | -6 | 277,796 | 274,874 | -1 |
| Haddock | 3,886 | 3,186 | -18 | 59,428 | 48,628 | -18 |
| Saithe | 6,043 | 3,478 | -42 | 69,747 | 54,054 | -23 |
| Redfish | 4,910 | 3,316 | -32 | 54,457 | 51,281 | -6 |
| Other demersal catch | 2,255 | 1,347 | -40 | 31,520 | 29,386 | -7 |
| Flatfish | 1,901 | 2,232 | 17 | 24,246 | 21,919 | -10 |
| Pelagic catch | 53,594 | 55,604 | 4 | 553,952 | 506,270 | -9 |
| Herring | 7,861 | 14,800 | 88 | 128,655 | 146,738 | 14 |
| Capelin | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| Blue whiting | 3,000 | 111 | -96 | 271,257 | 226,070 | -17 |
| Mackerel | 42,733 | 40,693 | -5 | 154,040 | 133,461 | -13 |
| Other pelagic catch | 0 | - | - | 0 | 2 | - |
| Shellfish | 1,533 | 392 | -74 | 11,132 | 7,128 | -36 |
| Other species | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 2 | 68 |