04 Oct 2007
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Newspaper
Baejarins Besta
Location
Ísafjörður, Vestfirðir, Iceland
Date
Oct 04, 2007
Page
1
Icelandic report details Vestfirðir labor groups and a survey at the Fjélmenningars setur and Háskóli Islands. Almost one quarter of respondents faced job loss, with two thirds Pelverjar. Foreign fishermen cleaners were in four districts and many Icelanders left. The majority supported the plan, with concerns over unemployment in home villages. Elsa Arnardóttir notes the study’s focus on who loses work and who is laid off.
The record lists feeding deaths by district from 1996 to 2006, with Vestfjords reporting 593 deaths, Bolungarvik 70, Isafjord 281, Reykholarhreppi 34, Talkna fjardahreppi 11, Vesturbyggð 100, Sidavikahrhreppi 18, Arneshreppi 0, Kaldrananeshreppi 66, Bejarhreppi 10, and Strandabyggð 53. The year 1998 had the most deaths at 65, while 50 deaths occurred in the following year. Feeding deaths were twice as many in 1260. Forty-three hundred eighty were in Bolungarvik from 1996–2006, with numbers also listed for Isafirdi, Reykhólahreppi, Talknafjardarhreppi, Vesturbyggð, Sudavikahreppi, Arnes hreppi, Kaldrananes hreppi, Bejarhreppi, and Strandabyggð. Feeding has shown notable improvement, as by 1996 88 died in Isafirdi but have since diminished and 584 last year with 47 last in 2005. Feeding in the fjord district totaled 152 in 1996 and 91 in 2006.
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