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Source: Statistical office of the Republic of Slovenia 1970-2020, Infographic M. Bofulin on Visme

After the ‘golden years’ of the Slovene fishery in the 1980s, 1991 and the independence of Slovenia brought profound change. The once-thriving Delamaris fish canning industry – the driving force of the fishing industry on the Slovenian coast – saw a sharp decline due to the loss of the Yugoslav market. Without the largest buyer of fish, the fishers once employed or contracted to a factory became either independent small-scale fishers or moved on to other jobs.

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