The total catch of Icelandic vessels was 95 thousand tonnes in November 2015. This is a 6.5% increase compared to November 2014. Demersal catch amounted to 40 thousand tonnes with 24 thousand tonnes of cod and 4 thousand tonnes of haddock. Pelagic catch increased by 13.5% and flatfish by 23.3.
For the first 11 month of the year the total catch has been 1315 thousand tonnes which is 21.3% more than for the same period in 2014. The demersal catch remained just about the same while there was a 15.2% increase in flatfish and 37% increase in pelagic catch.
The November 2015 catch is 1.2% less in fixed prices than in November 2014.
| Fish catch | ||||||
| November | December-November | |||||
| 2014 | 2015 | % | 2013-2014 | 2014-2015 | % | |
| Fish catch at constant prices1 | ||||||
| Index | 90.6 | 89.5 | -1.2 | |||
| Fish catch in tonnes | ||||||
| Total catch | 88,946 | 94,745 | 6.5 | 1,083,934 | 1,315,038 | 21.3 |
| Demersal catch | 40,818 | 40,116 | -1.7 | 433,647 | 433,484 | 0.0 |
| Cod | 24,500 | 24,191 | -1.3 | 243,769 | 239,835 | -1.6 |
| Haddock | 3,259 | 3,817 | 17.1 | 37,201 | 39,907 | 7.3 |
| Saithe | 4,423 | 3,328 | -24.8 | 46,422 | 48,773 | 5.1 |
| Redfish | 5,666 | 5,608 | -1.0 | 59,305 | 59,095 | -0.4 |
| Other demersal catch | 2,971 | 3,171 | 6.8 | 46,951 | 45,875 | -2.3 |
| Flatfish | 1,376 | 1,697 | 23.3 | 19,861 | 22,883 | 15.2 |
| Pelagic catch | 46,092 | 52,307 | 13.5 | 619,529 | 848,637 | 37.0 |
| Herring | 44,975 | 36,530 | -18.8 | 161,216 | 110,657 | -31.4 |
| Capelin | 847 | - | - | 112,214 | 352,866 | 214.5 |
| Blue whiting | 270 | 15,740 | 5729.6 | 175,416 | 216,790 | 23.6 |
| Mackerel | - | 37 | 100.0 | 170,631 | 168,279 | -1.4 |
| Other pelagic catch | 0 | 0 | - | 52 | 45 | -13.7 |
| Shellfish | 659 | 625 | -5.0 | 10,875 | 9,979 | -8.2 |
| Other species | - | - | - | 21 | 54 | 156.1 |
Information about catch of fish which are published in this press release are preliminary figures. The data is gathered by the Directorate of Fisheries.