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Annað kg Beitu- frysting kg Síld og annar fiskur unninn í verksmiðjum kg Samtals febrúar 1956 kg Samtals jan/febr. 1956 kg Samtals jan/febr. 1955 kg Samtals jan/febr. 1954 kg Nr.
3.360 3.378 5.804 4.965 1
— — — — 17 — — 2
■ — — — — 3
— — 3.375 3.375 3.375 — — 4
■ — — — — — 5
23.741 360 52.524 59.664 66.100 53.940 6
30.793 29.185 59.978 59.978 23.753 32.384 7
172.046 10.725 30.837.083 40.171.453 53.111.647 39.345.881 8
392.290 595 3.088.427 3.723.805 5.268.128 2.850.083 9
740 1.289.102 1.291.828 1.708.083 835.341 10
12.114 J28.648 464.389 565.235 258.809 403.858 11
92.726 1.123.084 1.415.145 1.911.586 5.290.139 12
12.310 639.700 958.322 697.113 1.215.335 13
36.760 679.124 756.590 1.532.951 180.458 14
— — 2.707 155.474 15
— — 129.410 129.410 491.770 294.810 352.865 16
631.724 — 344.094 38.369.556 — — —
784.720 521.181 — 49.500.560 —
243.933 621.397 2.707 713.945 782.593 — — 64.871.491 50.720.723
Heildarciflinn í febrúarlok
The lcelandic Fish Catch
sundurliöast þannig:
1956 1955
January/February 1956
The total Icelandic fish catch during the first
two months of the year amounted to 49.501 tons.
of which 30.808 tons were caught by cutters and
kg kg
Bátafiskur ......... 30.807.686 36.644.123
Togarafiskur ....... 18.692.874 28.227.368
Samtals 49.500.560 64.871.491
smaller craft and the remaining 18.693 tons by
trawlers. The corresponding figures for 1955 are:
Total: 64.871 tons, cutters 36.644 tons, trawlers
28.227 tons.
The above figures include only white fish, as
no herring has yet been caught in Icelandic waters
this year.
The catch during January and February has been
The 1956 catch has been utilized as follows:
poor in comparison with the previous year, especi-
Fresh on ice, exported directly .. 477 tons
For freezing....................... 19.679 —
For stockfish (dried)............. 7.440 —
For salting........................ 20.563 —
For fish meal processing............ 521 —
Other uses ........... ........... 821 —
ally as regards the trawlers. The 1955 cod fishing
season was, however a record season, so the out-
look for the 1956 season is not considered especi-
ally bad.
In the above summary all figures, which are
given in metric tons, indicate weight of gutted
fish.
49.501 tons