Massachusetts ocean waters are biologically diverse, support the Bay State's
traditional fishing industry, and act as natural carbon sinks.
Not exact matches
From rice farming to
traditional dance, and local
fishing to lantern making, this trip is full of opportunities to meet the locals and learn about
traditional customs, craft
industries and the creative arts.
Today, approximately 1,200 locals still inhabit the island, many of them still engaged in
traditional handicrafts and
fishing, although the tourism
industry has begun to boom.
The
traditional industries of trek
fishing and angling, co-exist with the leisure activities of surfing, kayaking, sailing, and sunbathing.
In addition to upending the precarious balance of coastal environments, the unions say that the tourism
industry is also negatively impacting
traditional fishing and culture.
[136] Those negotiations are now taking place between the
Traditional Owners of all the Aboriginal land on the coastline, the government and the
fishing industry.
With access along 80 percent of the Territory's coastline now dependent on permission from the
Traditional Owners, Aboriginal Territorians are well placed to share in the lucrative commercial
fishing industry carried on close to shore.