illegal logging activities throughout the country and strip mining for gems in the western region along the border with Thailand have resulted in habitat loss and declining biodiversity ( in particular, destruction of mangrove swamps threatens natural fisheries ); soil erosion ; in rural areas, most of the population does not have access to potable water ; declining fish stocks because of illegal fishing and overfishing

Acadian settlements had primarily agrarian economies, although there were many early examples of Acadian fishing settlements in southwestern Nova Scotia and in Île-Royale, as well as along the south and west coasts of Newfoundland, the Gaspé Peninsula, and the present-day Côte-Nord region of Quebec.

It is estimated that walleye fishing alone brings in $ 1 million to the economy of communities along the lower Detroit River each spring.

The marshlands along the Louisiana and Texas coasts provide breeding grounds and nurseries for ocean life that drive the fishing and shrimping industries.

Jamaican agriculture, along with forestry and fishing accounts for about 6. 6 % of GDP in 1999.

His first marriage to Betty Ebeling began in February 1951 and ended in divorce on January 5, 1967 ; during this time his hobbies included sport fishing off the Baja California coast and duck hunting along the Mexican border near Mexicali.

Archeological research shows that the Sami have lived along the coast and once lived much further south in the past, and they were also involved in work other than just reindeer herding ( e. g., fishing, agriculture, iron work ).

Separate fishing settlements expanded laterally along the coast, linked by a coastal highway and a railway.

Smelt fishing is also a popular sport in Washington and Oregon along the coast in the winter and summer months.

Some ni-Vanuatu are involved in fishing, along with foreign fleets.

Cotton was grown upriver, made into nets and traded with fishing villages along the coast for large supplies of fish.

Later Norman chroniclers suggest alternative explanations for Harold's journey: that he was seeking the release of members of his family who had been held hostage since Godwin's exile in 1051, or even that he had simply been travelling along the English coast on a hunting and fishing expedition and had been driven across the Channel by an unexpected storm.

It is built on bridges and landfills across small islands and skerries, and spans from the small communities of Vikan and Vevang to Averøy, an island with several historic landmarks, such as the Bremsnes cave with Mesolithic findings from the Fosna culture, the medieval Kvernes stave church, and Langøysund, now a remote fishing community, but once a bustling port along the main coastal route.

The ship that truly launched the first phase of the Portuguese discoveries along the African coast was the caravel, a development based on existing fishing boats.

Modern design and fabrication techniques, along with advanced materials such as graphite, boron and fibreglass composites as well as stainless steel ( see Emmrod )- have allowed rod makers to tailor both the shape and action of fishing rods for greater casting distance, accuracy, and fish-fighting qualities.

Today, fishing rods are identified by their weight ( meaning the weight of line or lure required to flex a fully loaded rod ) and action ( describing the location of the maximum flex along the length of the rod ).

The economy along the northwestern coast by the Sea of Japan is largely fishing and agriculture ; Niigata is noted as an important producer of rice.

This brought prosperity again, at least until 1932 when Egypt forbade fishing along its coast.

The small size of the county's communities, scattered along the beaches, coastal hills, and mountains of the Santa Lucia range, provides a wide variety of coastal and inland hill ecologies to support many kinds of fishing, agriculture, and tourist activities.

The construction of the Central Pacific Railroad along the path of the Siskiyou Trail in the mid-1880s led to a first wave of tourism, as visitors came to “ take the waters ” at the county ’ s many summer resorts, and to enjoy the hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreation activities.

A similar figure is Njord of the Vanir, Norse god of wind, fertile land along the seacoast, as well as seamanship, sailing and fishing, whom the prose Edda also associates with the power to calm the sea or fire.

Other major industries include timberworking and fishing, along with metallurgy in the main cities, although the krai's own mineral resources are poorly developed.

A traditional fishing industry still exists along the coast.

Four new ship types, improved ship movement, pirate NPCs to hunt, and new boss encounters are introduced along with improvements to the fishing skill like new types of fish and crustaceans to catch and an increased skill cap.

As of 2012, both the Kurile Ainu and Kurile Kamchadal ethnic groups lack the fishing and hunting rights which the Russian government grants to the indigenous tribal communities of the far north.

In April 1994 the Pacific Fisheries Management Council unanimously approved the strictest regulations in 18 years, banning all commercial salmon fishing for that year from Cape Falcon north to the Canadian border.

El Cotillo is a small fishing village in the north-west of the Island famous for a very long beach to the south of the village and few very calm beaches to the north.

The meeting point of these currents at 36 north latitude is a bountiful fishing ground.

Other tourist attractions include sailing, fishing, and other water sports, as well as visiting the countryside and hills, wineries on the north coast, and nightlife on the south shore.

Padstow () is a town, civil parish and fishing port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

The first non-Spanish settlement attempt in the Caribbean occurred on Saint Kitts, when French Huguenot refugees from the fishing town of Dieppe established a town on a harbour on the island's north coast, which they also named Dieppe, in 1538.

The latter include fish-canning and meat-processing plants in the north, as well as about 25 factories in the Mogadishu area, which manufacture pasta, mineral water, confections, plastic bags, fabric, hides and skins, detergent and soap, aluminum, foam mattresses and pillows, fishing boats, carry out packaging, and stone processing.

Like the mainland of Chile and Argentina to the north, this archipelago boasts some of the finest trout fishing in the world.

In the far north, the English on several occasions sent fleets to raid French settlements and destroy fishing stages on Newfoundland, but suffered the loss of St. John's in 1708 / 9 after the French made an overland march from Plaisance.

These first Neolithic people probably arrived from Sicily ( about 100 kilometres / 60 miles north ), and were mainly farming and fishing communities, with some evidence of hunting activities.

The Nivkhs in the north support themselves by fishing and hunting.

When Toledo was six years old, he and his family moved to the fishing town of Chimbote, a five-hour drive north of Lima.

Phosphate and commercial fishing exports could be sent north and many new products were brought into the Tampa market, along with the first tourists.

The premier fishing streams are the Musconetcong in the north and the Lamington River.

Through the 1900s the focus of the fishing, as all along the north Norfolk coast, began to be on crabs, lobsters and whelks.

The Layene are a politically autonomous religious community of the Lebou people, who live in fishing communities on the Cap-Vert peninsula, north of Dakar, Senegal.

Other attractions in the area are salmon fishing, typically now either with commercial guides or private commercial family operations, either along the beach north of Ninilchik River or in Cook Inlet whose waters touch the beach next to the village.

Around 500 AD the Athabascan speaking Gwich ’ in people ( often called Neets ' aii Gwich ' in or “ those who dwell to the north ”) came into the area with seasonal hunting and fishing camps.

The Confederate cannon battery site can still be seen on the wooded point just north of the Bayport fishing pier at the mouth of the Weeki Wachee River.

Today the community of Astor is largely reliant upon tourism, and is a popular spot for winter visitors from the north and fishing, hunting, and boating enthusiasts.

Grose Park is a county park overlooking the north side of Crockery Lake and provides a variety of recreational opportunities including swimming, fishing, sand volleyball and picnicking.

Circle lake provides a pair of public fishing docs on the west end of the lake: this is the arm that extends west from the north west side of the " circle ".

Another popular fishing and hunting place is Sweetgum, located north of Zalma on Route H then about west on Bollinger County Road 708, which contains of forest and woodlands for avid hunters.