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 per cent 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.