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.