Iceland reports total catch value increases over 40% in January 2009

April 22, 2009 · Posted in Commercial Fishing, Industry News 

catchThe total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 6.8 billion ISK in January 2009, compared with 4.8 billion ISK in the first month of 2008.

Total value increased by 40.3% between years.

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The data published in the tables abive are based on weight and processing reports, collected from fish buyers and reported to the Icelandic Directorate of Fisheries. Figures for the year 2009 are preliminary, but final for 2008. Final figures have through the years been seen to become somewhere between 1-2% higher in total than preliminary figures.

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