Stats 2019

Fisheries - catches by Faroese vessels 2019

Species

Tonnes

Cod

34,310.9

Haddock

9,349.6

Saithe

19,288.6

Redfish

1,609.8

Common ling

5,133.3

Tusk

1,349.7

Blue ling

589.4

Catfish

64.9

Whiting

367.2

Monkfish

1,967.5

Greenland halibut

2,778.2

Lemon sole

386.2

Plaice

343.9

Grenadier

22.9

Black scabbard fish

491.1

Silver smelt

12,116.9

Herring

115,695.6

Mackerel

59,466.9

Blue whiting

333,480.9

Langoustine

25.5

Scallops

5,529.9

Crab

27.8

Sprat

1,135.5

Prawn

3,643.7

Atlantic halibut

45.4

Orange roughy

43.8

Borbeagle

1.0

Lanternfish

96.7

Other catches

4,038.0

Total catches

632,155.1

Aquaculture - harvest 2019

Species

Tonnes

Atlantic salmon

77,863.4

 

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

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