Table

Fisheries. Quantity of catch, by fish species and main group of fish species. Tonnes live weight¹
	2014	2015	2016
¹Latest year shows preliminary figures.
Total	2 313 326	2 334 563	2 043 521

Pelagic fish	1 287 788	1 330 829	1 041 154
Capelin	76 682	121 827	58 239
Norway pout	18 665	44 361	36 355
Blue whiting	399 520	489 439	310 412
Sandeel	82 499	100 859	40 867
Horse mackerel	14 660	9 560	11 185
Atlantic mackerel	277 734	241 987	210 587
Herring	407 303	313 096	351 807
Sprat	10 725	9 700	21 702
Other pelagic fish	0	0	0

Codfishes	757 090	710 917	714 583
Cod	473 478	422 243	408 760
Haddock	94 214	96 987	109 585
Saithe	153 834	151 508	153 015
Tusk	11 406	13 744	14 798
Ling	16 887	17 596	18 099
Blue ling	193	536	243
Pollack	1 787	1 829	1 940
Hake	4 331	5 335	6 950
Whiting	960	1 139	1 193

Flatfishes and other demersal fishes	60 385	65 949	73 376
Greenland halibut	14 055	14 649	16 627
Halibut	2 349	2 416	2 867
Plaice	1 014	661	809
Redfish	19 350	24 793	24 800
Lesser and greater argentines	14 470	15 240	18 836
Wolffishes	6 345	5 979	6 350
Angler	2 319	1 446	2 116
Lumpsucker	94	354	453
Other flatfishes and groundfishes	389	411	518

Deep-sea species	2 487	2 308	2 402

Species not else-where included	2 007	1 650	1 693

Crustaceans and molluscs	203 569	222 910	210 313
Lobster	52	46	54
Crab	6 515	7 851	10 254
King crab	1 695	2 176	2 638
Deep water prawn	15 983	22 959	18 677
Norway lobster	198	219	261
Molluscs	748	557	549
Other crustaceans and molluscs	178 378	189 102	177 880