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LANDSHAGIR 2015 STATISTICAL YEARBOOK OF ICELAND 2015
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Statistics Iceland has collected data on
agriculture independently since 2011. The
Farmers‘ Association of Iceland, however,
still remains an important source of statis-
tical data. Data on agriculture are also
collected from The Icelandic Food and
Veterinary Authority, Institute of Fresh-
water Fisheries and Environment Agency
of Iceland.
Meat consumption is unchanged
Consumption of meat per capita was 81.7
kilos in 2014 and was unchanged from
the previous year. In 2014 poultry was the
most consumed meat in the country,or 27
kg kilos per capita, 20.1 kg of pork, 19.1 kg
of mutton and lamb and 13.8 kg of beef.
Number of salmon caught decreases
37,261 salmon were caught in 2014, which is
a decrease by 53% since 2013. There has not
been less salmon fishing in Iceland since
2001 (32,986).
A notable trend in salmon fishing is that
more salmon is released every year. In
2014, 13,616 salmons were caught and then
released or 40% of all caught salmon by
angling road.
Most salmons were caught in the West
(8,792) and in the South (8,432). Of indi-
vidual rivers most salmons were caught in
Rangá in the South or nearly six thousand.
Decreased hunting of goose and duck
Hunting of goose and duck decreased by
9% between the years 2013 and 2014. 2009
was a record breaking year when 102,185
geese and ducks where hunted compared
with 78,661 in 2014.
Of all birds caught in 2014 the number of
caught ptarmigan, greylag goose, pink-
footed goose and puffin was highest about
125 thousand birds.
The number of caught puffins has
decreased in recent years, a total of 32,473
puffins were caught in 2014. For compari-
son, 232,936 puffins were caught in Iceland
in 1996, more than seven times more than
in 2014.
Árið 2014 voru 379.863 ær á landinu
In 2014 there were 379,863 ewes in Iceland
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