Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 160.4 billion ISK in 2012, compared with 153.9 billion ISK in 2011. Total value increased therefore by 4.3% between years.
Total value of demersal species accounted for ISK 96.5 billion; thereof cod ISK 49.5 billion, haddock 12.2 billion, and redfish 14.5 billion. Total value of pelagic species accounted for ISK 46.7 billion and flatfish catches for 10.6 billion.
| Value of catch in January-December 2012 | ||||||
| Million ISK | December | January-December | % change from | |||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 10,293 | 8,245 | 153,870 | 160,441 | 4.3 | |
| Demersal catch | 8,418 | 6,808 | 95,858 | 96,533 | 0.7 | |
| Cod | 4,099 | 3,626 | 46,387 | 49,545 | 6.8 | |
| Haddock | 1,084 | 724 | 11,992 | 12,211 | 1.8 | |
| Saith | 840 | 624 | 9,139 | 9,448 | 3.4 | |
| Redfish | 1,684 | 1,233 | 14,973 | 14,537 | -2.9 | |
| Ocean redfish | 0 | 0 | 4,028 | 1,979 | -50.9 | |
| Other demersal | 711 | 600 | 9,338 | 8,813 | -5.6 | |
| Flatfish catch | 943 | 887 | 10,305 | 10,586 | 2.7 | |
| Pelagic catch | 827 | 492 | 43,252 | 46,740 | 8.1 | |
| Herring | 824 | 176 | 14,465 | 14,586 | 0.8 | |
| Capelin | 0 | 302 | 8,885 | 13,532 | 52.3 | |
| Blue whiting | 0 | 14 | 257 | 2,715 | 954.6 | |
| Other pelagics | 3 | 0 | 19,644 | 15,907 | -19.0 | |
| Shellfish catch | 101 | 55 | 2,978 | 5,300 | 78.0 | |
| Shrimp | 60 | 44 | 1,902 | 4,197 | 120.7 | |
| Other shellfish | 41 | 11 | 1,076 | 1,102 | 2.4 | |
| Miscellaneous catch | 4 | 3 | 1,478 | 1,283 | -13.2 | |
| Value of catch by type of landing January-December 2012 | ||||||
| Million ISK | December | January-December | % change from | |||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 10,293 | 8,242 | 153,870 | 160,438 | 4.3 | |
| For domestic processing | 3,318 | 3,199 | 64,351 | 74,678 | 16.0 | |
| For export in containers | 496 | 263 | 6,639 | 5,442 | -18.0 | |
| Landed abroad for fishmeal and oil production | 0 | 0 | 145 | 125 | -14.3 | |
| Frozen at sea | 5,110 | 3,736 | 62,498 | 58,551 | -6.3 | |
| To auction market, for domestic processing | 1,315 | 1,021 | 19,352 | 20,734 | 7.1 | |
| Frozen at sea, for domestic re-processing | 23 | 0 | 192 | 338 | 75.8 | |
| Fresh fish sold from vessel abroad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Farmed fish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Other types of landings | 30 | 24 | 692 | 570 | -17.7 | |
| Value of catch by region of landing January - December 2012 | ||||||
| Million ISK | December | January-December | % change from | |||
| 2011 | 2012 | 2011 | 2012 | previous year | ||
| Total value | 10,293 | 8,245 | 153,870 | 160,441 | 4.3 | |
| Capital region | 3,045 | 2,696 | 31,252 | 37,148 | 18.9 | |
| Southwest | 1,840 | 1,729 | 25,911 | 26,326 | 1.6 | |
| West | 382 | 303 | 6,913 | 7,547 | 9.2 | |
| Westfjords | 596 | 569 | 8,041 | 10,131 | 26.0 | |
| Northwest | 908 | 854 | 10,416 | 10,975 | 5.4 | |
| Northeast | 1,137 | 776 | 24,375 | 18,064 | -25.9 | |
| East | 823 | 683 | 20,932 | 24,379 | 16.5 | |
| Southwest | 1,067 | 359 | 19,246 | 19,946 | 3.6 | |
| Abroad | 496 | 276 | 6,785 | 5,925 | -12.7 | |