Table

Quantity of catch, by fish species1
201620172018
Tonnes live weight
1Catch delivered by Norwegian vessels. Catch quantity 2018: There is a discrepancy between Statistics Norway's figures and figures from the Directorate of Fisheries. The deviation is due to the fact that we use different numbers of decimals on quantity.
Total2 065 5072 423 3212 494 615
 
Pelagic fish1 040 7971 371 3571 440 490
Capelin58 23959 266197 539
Norway pout36 35521 51825 506
Blue whiting310 412399 363438 428
Sandeel40 867120 20569 531
Horse mackerel11 16411 49110 744
Atlantic mackerel210 345222 307187 223
Herring351 710526 977500 388
Sprat21 70210 23011 090
Other pelagic fish0040
 
Codfishes720 322748 411717 593
Cod412 567416 994376 575
Haddock110 321115 45095 368
Saithe154 135178 656202 670
Tusk14 80410 20513 113
Ling18 10418 48321 533
Blue ling243242426
Pollack1 9462 0282 672
Hake7 0055 3274 187
Whiting1 1941 0291 046
 
Flatfishes and other demersal fishes73 66071 09583 564
Greenland halibut16 78316 89117 771
Halibut2 8722 6512 713
Plaice809848718
Redfish24 85922 67125 349
Lesser and greater argentines18 83617 79423 614
Wolffishes6 4106 5747 761
Angler2 1182 4803 369
Lumpsucker4536541 497
Other flatfishes and groundfishes519531769
 
Deep-sea species2 4242 8913 157
 
Species not else-where included1 8741 8501 636
 
Crustaceans and molluscs226 429227 717248 176
Lobster544850
Crab10 3378 0278 664
King crab2 6381 9452 312
Deep water prawn18 59013 31428 220
Norway lobster261273394
Molluscs549683652
Other crustaceans and molluscs193 998203 427207 884