Reykjavík was by far the biggest fishing harbor in Iceland in 2012 with the volume of cod and other demersal fish species, that exclude only herring and capelin, being well above the country’s other harbors, according to the Directorate of Fisheries.
Cod. Photo copyright Icelandic Photo Agency.
Reykjavík is twice as big as the second biggest harbor, Grindavík on Reykjanes peninsula. Third on the list is Vestmannaeyjar (the Westman Islands).
The top ten harbors listed in thousands of landed tons:
Reykjavík 90
Grindavík 41
Vestmannaeyjar 28
Hafnarfjörður 27
Siglufjörður 17
Akureyri 15
Sandgerði 15
Bolungarvík 15
Rif 14
Dalvík 13
One fourth of the total amount of demersal fish landed in 2012 were in the in the capital area harbors of Reykjavík, Hafnarfjörður and Kópavogur.
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