Please note that this release was corrected 16. February 2015 at 13:25
The total catch of Icelandic vessels was nearly 92 thousand tonnes in January 2015 which is an increase of 47% compared to January 2014. During the last 12 months the total catch has decreased 13.8% compared to the 12 months before.
Value indexes are under revision and will be published anew in March 2015.
| Fish catch | ||||||
| January | February - January | |||||
| 2014 | 2015 | % | 2014 | 2015 | % | |
| Fish catch in tonnes | ||||||
| Total catch | 62,510 | 91,906 | 47.0 | 1,282,038 | 1,105,481 | -13.8 |
| Demersal catch | 34,263 | 31,895 | -6.9 | 452,999 | 421,279 | -7.0 |
| Cod | 20,208 | 17,879 | -11.5 | 236,366 | 236,558 | 0.1 |
| Haddock | 4,343 | 3,935 | -9.4 | 45,313 | 35,680 | -21.3 |
| Saithe | 3,015 | 4,011 | 33.0 | 57,366 | 46,421 | -19.1 |
| Redfish | 3,607 | 3,236 | -10.3 | 59,739 | 56,465 | -5.5 |
| Other demersal catch | 3,090 | 2,834 | -8.3 | 54,215 | 46,155 | -14.9 |
| Flatfish | 1,147 | 849 | -26.0 | 24,928 | 18,808 | -24.5 |
| Pelagic catch | 26,757 | 58,844 | 119.9 | 789,633 | 654,614 | -17.1 |
| Herring | 1,206 | 3,524 | 192.2 | 158,539 | 161,043 | 1.6 |
| Capelin | 19,428 | 46,073 | 237.1 | 363,622 | 138,859 | -61.8 |
| Blue whiting | 6,123 | 9,234 | 50.8 | 113,147 | 184,969 | 63.5 |
| Mackerel | - | - | - | 154,320 | 169,678 | 10.0 |
| Other pelagic catch | 0 | 1 | - | 5 | 64 | - |
| Shellfish | 343 | 317 | -7.5 | 14,411 | 10,759 | -25.3 |
| Other species | - | - | - | 68 | 21 | -69.2 |
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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