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

The graph illustrates the

consumption

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of fish and three kinds of meat in a country in Europe between 1979 and 2004.

Overall

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, beef

consumption

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was predominant for the first ten years yet was outstripped by the popularity of

chicken

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for the rest of the given period.

In contrast

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, fish remained the least consumed throughout the period. In 1979, per capita weekly beef

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commenced at around 220

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, fluctuating but settling at 240 in the late 1980s.

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, it faced a continuous fall, surpassed by

chicken

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in 1989 and plummeting to 100

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in 2004.

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, the

chicken

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category experienced a definite, steady upward trend, albeit with intermittent ups and downs in between, escalating from nearly 140

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in 1979 to 250

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in 2004. In the lamb category, its

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witnessed a gradual decline; the 1979 figure started at 150

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and decreased to around 60 in 2004, less than one-fourth of the

chicken

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consumption

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per week in the same year. Meanwhile, fish persisted as the least favoured over the 25 years, hovering around 50

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.