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>Fishing represents 40% of Iceland's total exports according to Wikipedia.

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 :

>[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 :

>its fishing and marine industries make up almost 40% of exports.

Note bbc says fishing _and_ _marine_ industries

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