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Iceland's fish catch declines in December

Xinhua, January 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

Iceland's fish catch decreased by 5.5 percent year-on-year in December 2014, according to figures issued on Thursday by Statistics Iceland.

Statistics showed the total fish caught amounted to 47,657 tons, including 26,044 tons of demersal, 20,631 tons of pelagic and some shellfish.

The total volume decreased by 5.5 percent compared with that of December 2013, during which a total of 50,420 tons of fish were caught.

The total fish caught in 2014 was 1,076,000 tons, down by 21.3 percent compared with 1,367,000 tons of fish caught in 2013. Endit