Hofsá
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thumb | right | alt=River snaking through flat plane, with mountains and a small town in background. | Image of Hofsá river Hofsá (, "shrine river") is a river in Vopnafjörður in the Northeastern part of Iceland. It is long and is a productive salmon river.
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thumb | right | alt=River snaking through flat plane, with mountains and a small town in background. | Image of Hofsá river Hofsá (, "shrine river") is a river in Vopnafjörður in the Northeastern part of Iceland. It is long and is a productive salmon river.
== Salmon fishing == The average annual catch between 1974 and 2013 was 1,119 salmon. The maximum catch during that period was in 1992, when 2,239 salmon were caught. The minimum catch was only 141 salmon in 1980. The average weight is usually between 3.0 and 3.5 kg. The exact number for 2013 was an impressive average of 3.1 kg.
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