Stats 2022

Fisheries - catches by Faroese vessels 2022

Species

Tonnes

Cod

32,926.7

Haddock

10,762.2

Saithe

14,409.4

Redfish

1,065.3

Common ling

5,135.4

Tusk

1,814

Blue ling

623.7

Catfish

59.4

Whiting

427.1

Monkfish

1,278.7

Greenland halibut

2,703.7

Lemon sole

269.7

Plaice

326.7

Grenadier

7.0

Black scabbard fish

15.5

Silver smelt

9,333.5

Herring

130,047.1

Mackerel

134,288.9

Horse mackerel

197.6

Blue whiting

223,576.1

Capelin

29,307.2

Langoustine

23.5

Scallops

6,119.9

Crab

2

Sprat

577.8

Prawn

2,791.1

Atlantic halibut

161.7

Borbeagle

0.7

Lanternfish

63.9

Other catches

1,810.3

Total catches

610,125.1

 

Aquaculture - harvest 2022

Species

Tonnes

Atlantic salmon   

89,080.8

 

 

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

 

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