The graph below shows the consumption of fish and some different kinds of meat in a European country between 1979 and 2004. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph illustrates the comparison of the European consumption of fish and other three types of meat in a country from 1979 to 2004.

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, beef was

initially

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the most popular type of meat,

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, it later was overtaken by chicken towards the end of the surveys.

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, the lamb had a gradual decline throughout the period,

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fish remain nearly unchanged being the least significant among all 4 samples. In 1979, the utilization of beef was the highest among the 4 subjects, at approximately 200 grams per person per week, after which it experienced a sudden drop of 50 before increasing to about 230 in 1984. Afterwards, there were small fluctuations until 1989, which was followed by a dynamic decrease to around half as high as its original level in 2004. The figure for lamb was around 50 lower than that of meat at the beginning, though it was as high as that of chicken.

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,

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the former gradually declined as it reached approximately 60 in the

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year, the latter had considerable growth and outstripped beef consumption in 1989, ranking first at 240 in 2004.

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, fish consumption started at approximately 60 in 1979 and experienced a small fall of 10 over the period,

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overall

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ranked

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.