Stats 2023

Fisheries - catches by Faroese vessels 2023

Species

Tonnes

Cod

28,641.3

Haddock

29,032.3

Saithe

12,830.1

Redfish

967.3

Common ling

3,988.5

Tusk

1,691.9

Blue ling

617.2

Catfish

92.8

Whiting

517.4

Monkfish

1,262.6

Greenland halibut

3,472.1

Lemon sole

212.0

Plaice

234.6

Grenadier

3.9

Black scabbard fish

1.1

Silver smelt

6,138.3

Herring

101,132.6

Mackerel

174,711.6

Blue whiting

405,283.1

Capelin

22,797.8

Langoustine

31.1

Scallops

5,271.4

Crab

2

Sprat

396.7

Prawn

2,730.1

Atlantic halibut

149.5

Borbeagle

0.3

Lanternfish

38.0

Other catches

1,144.9

Total catches

783,391.9

 

Aquaculture - harvest 2022

Species

Tonnes

Atlantic salmon   

80,462.3

 

 

Stats: Vørn (Faroese Fisheries Inspection) and House of Industry

 

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