Iceland’s fishermen landed seafood products totaling 120,627 metric tons (MT) last month, an increase of 1 percent compared with August 2016 with a strong whitefish catch offsetting reductions in the pelagic and shellfish harvests.
According to the latest figures gathered by the Directorate of Fisheries and published by Statistics Iceland, total demersal landings increased by 18 percent year-on-year to 39,226 MT, with cod accounting for 21,348 MT (up 25 percent from August …
