Stats

Fisheries - catches by Faroese vessels 2017

Species

Tonnes

Cod

25,452,0

Haddock

5,172.5

Saithe

27,503.9

Redfish

2,785.8

Ling

4,634.6

Tusk

1,944.6

Blue Ling

768.8

Catfish

54.2

Whiting

150.9

Monkfish

731.4

Greenland Halibut

4,559.2

Lemon Sole

164.1

Plaice

259.9

Grenadier

23.2

Black scabbard fish

429.5

Greater silver smelt

11,710.0

Herring

100,343.6

Mackerel

103,043.6

Blue whiting

353,632.2

Capelin

14,600.5

Horse mackerel

264.7

Langoustine

39.9

Scallops

2,531.0

Crab

92.6

Sprat

1,507.0

Prawn

4,208.9

Halibut

34.0

Orange roughy

130.1

Porbeagle

1.3

Other catches

1,466.1

Aquaculture - harvest 2017

Species

Tonnes

Atlantic salmon

71,172

Stats: Vørn (Faroese Fisheries Inspection) and Statistics Faroe Islands.