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ICELANDIC AQUACULTURE AND WILD CATCH PRODUCTION DROPS OVER LAST YEAR

Icelandic aquaculture and wild catch production drops over last year

Icelandic aquaculture production was 50 thousand tonnes in 2023 which is a 3.5% decrease from the previous year. Salmon was about 88% of the production and arctic char 11%. The export value of salmon products was 40 billion ISK, 9% less than in 2022.

Meanwhile, the Icelandic wild catch vessels landed 155 thousand tonnes in April 2024, 23% more than in April the year before. Increased catch was in most demersal species and pelagic catch increased by 24% due to an increase in catch of blue whiting.

In the 12 month period from May 2023 to April 2024 the catch was just over 1.1 million tonnes which is a 21% decrease from the previous 12 month period. This was mainly due to no capelin catch.

Source: https://www.statice.is/publications/news-archive/fisheries/fish-catch-in-april-2024/