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>Fishing represents 40% of Iceland's total exports according to Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland : >Icel
by GeoAtreides 1mo ago
>Fishing represents 40% of Iceland's total exports according to Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland :
>Iceland's economy depended heavily on fishing, which still provides ~20% of export earnings and employs 7% of the workforce.[77][152] [...] Iceland's economic dependence on fishing is diminishing, from an export share of 90% in the 1960s to 20% in 2020.[153][152]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Iceland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Iceland :
>[The fishing industry] provides 40% of export income and employs 7.0% of the workforce; therefore, the state of the economy remains sensitive to world prices for fish products.[
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn45vdxyvvlo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn45vdxyvvlo :
>its fishing and marine industries make up almost 40% of exports.
Note bbc says fishing _and_ _marine_ industries
only god knows what the truth actually is