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"fishing town" is a place where fishing is an important activity or industry. It is a town or community situated near a body of water like a lake, river, or ocean, and the people there make a living by catching and selling fish.
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In the town's early history it was a
small fishing town that has since experienced significant growth and expansion over recent decades to make it a popular destination in itself.
Our
little fishing town seems to come alive in the summer months with friends and family visiting the harbor.
It is a region blessed with stunning beaches,
picturesque fishing towns and a glorious climate, all of which combine to create the perfect holiday destination.
The
quiet fishing town also has two beautiful beaches and water sports activities that visitors of all ages can enjoy.
Experience first - class luxury in one of our three, top - rated accommodation options located within five minutes of this
quaint fishing town's downtown core.
It used to be a
quiet fishing town, but it felt like a developing seaside resort with many restaurants and tourist shops.
Representing a real slice of tranquillity, the once small
fishing town of Elounda sits on the northern coast of Crete.
The project is based in a small
fishing town in South Africa's beautiful western Cape!
Tucked away in a quiet old
fishing town on the caribbean coastline lives a thriving community of people from around the world enjoying the magic of the Costa Rican lifestyle.
Just 20 minutes down the highway from Cancun, the
sleepy fishing town of Puerto Morelos is an easy day trip that feels a world away from the fast pace of Cancun.
I had never seen or (knowingly) eaten a lingcod before visiting its habitat near this
coastal fishing town in south central Alaska, where I joined ecologist Mary Anne Bishop and researcher Brad Reynolds, both of the Prince William Sound Science Center in Cordova, on a field trip to monitor lingcod movements by tracking acoustic transmitters implanted in the fish.
A short distance from the city there are a number of lovely coves and beaches and some remote
fishing towns for visitors to enjoy.
Tucked away in a quiet
old fishing town on the caribbean coastline lives a thriving community of people from around the world enjoying the magic of the
Velddrif is a coastal
fishing town located on the estuary where the Berg River flows into St. Helena Ba...
These days, locals are also getting fed up with the development that is rapidly turning a small
fishing town into a beton şehir, or «concrete city.»
Constantine Bay Surf School is based in the beautiful Constantine Bay area of North Cornwall just a stones throw from the
historic fishing town of Padstow.
North of Playa is the Ria Lagartos reserve, located near a charming
fishing town where crocodiles and thousands of birds (including flamingos) can be spotted.
The hotel, which stands upon the shoreline of of the Estoril Coast, overlooks the ocean and the city of Cascais, a
former fishing town, now complete with restaurants and shops.
Famous for Morro Rock, the «Gibraltar of the Pacific,» Morro Bay is a
classic fishing town with harbour - front restaurants, and outstanding wildlife watching.
For travelers seeking something extra special, try visiting Ketchikan: a
remote fishing town near the southern tip of Alaska.
John Baker hails from the
tiny fishing town of Wesleyville, Nfld., and still speaks with a hint of Maritime lilt.
Gary Sherman's nightmarish horror has, in New
England fishing town Potter's Bluff, a locale that is a creepy cousin to our Newtown Haven.
Private garden areas and incredible view compliment the beautifully traditional and tranquil
seaside fishing town of Amed.
Charlotte Denver runs her marina front café in the
bustling fishing town of St. Eves, nestled in the south - west corner of England.
Designed by Carl Hodges, a young scientist at the University of Arizona, the 10,000 - square - foot pilot plant produces up to 5,000 gallons a day for trial use by residents of the small
Mexican fishing town.
Once a small
fishing town along the northern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the city has now bloomed into a thriving holiday resort destination.
Pronounced «Kash», Kas in Turkey is a truly unspoilt, charming and friendly Turkish resort, which was once a busy and
thriving Fishing town, but is now a popular, yet quiet, tourist destination for those looking for s...
The picturesque little
fishing town El Cotillo is located on the west coast and is the most northern town on the coastline.
After Lunch at one of the small
fishing towns there is a chance for a swim in the Indian Ocean, or a nice stroll along deserted beaches.
And while I expected Cordova to be a
typical fishing town, since 80 % of the local businesses are supported by Copper River commercial fishing, something about this town really surprised me.
Now, both communities want to take it a step further by securing the title of
Ultimate Fishing Town, an honor bestowed by the Canada - based World Fishing Television Network.
Health workers in
Fish Town told Bjork about a woman who died on 2 August in River Gee, presumably the county's first Ebola case.
A Mermaid's Tale (Lionsgate) is a modern - day fairy tale about Ryan (Caitlyn Carmichael), a 12 - year - old girl forced to move with her father, Matt (Jerry O'Connell), to the
dying fishing town where he was born.
But the death still hurts a lot for Lee, who we've already seen spending time on Joe's boat with him and Joe's son on the water of the titular
Massachusetts fishing town.
Nobby has everything a man from the poor
English fishing town of Grimsby could want - 9 children and the most attractive girlfriend in northern England (Rebel Wilson).
Bill Hader (Year One, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) voices Flint Lockwood, a burgeoning inventor who specializes in ingenious but highly needless contraptions that most of his neighbors in their Atlantic
Ocean fishing town of Swallow Falls think are a joke (spray - on shoes, a monkey - thought translator device, etc.).
In 1980, John Carpenter wrote and directed «The Fog,» an eerie tale of a small
fishing town targeted for revenge by a killer fog.
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