Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 101.4 billion ISK in January-August 2013, compared with 108.4 billion ISK in the first eight months of 2012. Total value decreased therefore by 6.5% between years.
Total value of demersal species accounted for ISK 57.7 billion; thereof cod ISK 29.7 billion, haddock 7.3 billion, and redfish 8.4 billion. Total value of pelagic species accounted for ISK 33.1 billion and flatfish catches for 6,3 billion.
| Value of catch in January-August 2013 | ||||||
| Million ISK | August | January-August | % change from | |||
| 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 12,675.9 | 10,873.7 | 108,386.8 | 101,339.3 | -6.5 | |
| Demersal catch | 4,904.1 | 3,530.0 | 63,778.6 | 57,738.8 | -9.5 | |
| Cod | 2,373.7 | 1,972.5 | 32,464.7 | 29,682.9 | -8.6 | |
| Haddock | 512.0 | 486.3 | 8,483.1 | 7,327.3 | -13.6 | |
| Saith | 958.8 | 262.2 | 6,086.7 | 5,532.3 | -9.1 | |
| Redfish | 557.5 | 507.4 | 9,126.4 | 8,394.6 | -8.0 | |
| Ocean redfish | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,971.5 | 2,136.6 | 8.4 | |
| Other demersal | 502.2 | 301.6 | 5,646.2 | 4,665.1 | -17.4 | |
| Flatfish catch | 340.1 | 337.6 | 7,610.9 | 6,316.6 | -17.0 | |
| Pelagic catch | 7,063.2 | 6,859.6 | 32,483.6 | 33,094.0 | 1.9 | |
| Herring | 1,207.9 | 1,060.7 | 2,525.4 | 1,574.7 | -37.6 | |
| Capelin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13,117.4 | 15,635.3 | 19.2 | |
| Blue whiting | 64.6 | 66.6 | 2,590.1 | 2,846.3 | 9.9 | |
| Other pelagics | 5,790.8 | 5,732.2 | 14,250.7 | 13,037.7 | -8.5 | |
| Shellfish catch | 360.9 | 146.3 | 3,241.2 | 3,488.9 | 7.6 | |
| Shrimp | 264.8 | 67.1 | 2,425.1 | 2,780.5 | 14.7 | |
| Other shellfish | 96.1 | 79.2 | 816.1 | 708.4 | -13.2 | |
| Miscellaneous catch | 7.5 | 0.2 | 1,272.6 | 700.9 | -44.9 | |
| Value of catch by type of landing January-August 2013 | ||||||
| Million ISK | August | January-August | % change from | |||
| 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 12,675.9 | 10,873.7 | 108,386.8 | 101,335.0 | -6.5 | |
| For domestic processing | 4,774.9 | 4,438.0 | 51,918.8 | 50,023.5 | -3.7 | |
| For export in containers | 285.8 | 318.1 | 3,816.5 | 2,976.6 | -22.0 | |
| Landed abroad for fishmeal and oil production | 0.0 | 0.0 | 124.6 | 317.7 | 154.9 | |
| Frozen at sea | 6,193.6 | 4,736.5 | 36,785.0 | 33,340.6 | -9.4 | |
| To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,357.9 | 1,348.8 | 15,003.4 | 14,137.3 | -5.8 | |
| Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 24.5 | 0.0 | 314.4 | 97.3 | -69.1 | |
| Fresh fish sold from vessel abroad | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | |
| Farmed fish | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | |
| Other types of landings | 39.0 | 32.4 | 424.0 | 442.1 | 4.3 | |
| Value of catch by region of landing January - August 2013 | ||||||
| Million ISK | August | January-August | % change from | |||
| 2012 | 2013 | 2012 | 2013 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 12,675.9 | 10,873.7 | 108,386.8 | 101,339.3 | -6.5 | |
| Capital region | 3,170.5 | 2,734.2 | 24,861.7 | 24,089.2 | -3.1 | |
| Southwest | 1,759.7 | 1,362.3 | 17,524.3 | 15,510.5 | -11.5 | |
| West | 295.5 | 178.9 | 5,720.4 | 4,521.6 | -21.0 | |
| Westfjords | 533.4 | 480.6 | 6,079.6 | 6,103.8 | 0.4 | |
| Northwest | 606.0 | 433.7 | 7,223.7 | 6,707.5 | -7.1 | |
| Northeast | 2,207.6 | 1,820.6 | 11,641.6 | 11,214.8 | -3.7 | |
| East | 2,028.6 | 2,043.9 | 17,498.2 | 17,822.1 | 1.9 | |
| Southwest | 1,740.2 | 1,460.3 | 13,691.7 | 11,787.3 | -13.9 | |
| Abroad | 334.3 | 359.2 | 4,145.7 | 3,582.5 | -13.6 | |
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