List of fishing villages

The main populated area of Chibu, Japan
View of the Charaki fishing village in the island of Rhodes, Greece
Covelong Beach, India, view from the south
Ona is a traditional fishing village in Norway
Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Saint Malo, Louisiana as it appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1883

This is a list of fishing villages. A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood.

Fishing villages

  • Akwidaa, Ghana
  • Amed, Indonesia
  • Bethsaida, Israel (historical)
  • Capernaum, Israel (historical)
  • Chibu, Japan
  • Chorkor, Ghana
  • Huanchaco, Peru
  • Kakapir, Pakistan
  • Marsaxlokk, Malta
  • Myliddy, Sri Lanka
  • Ninh Thủy, Vietnam
  • Reposaari, Finland
  • Salehabad, Pakistan
  • Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico
  • Smygehuk, Sweden
  • Sucuriju, Brazil
  • Taganga, Colombia
  • Taghazout, Morocco
  • Udappu, Sri Lanka
  • Volendam, Netherlands
  • Walraversijde, Belgium

Canada

  • Ladner, British Columbia
  • Old Perlican, Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Overton, Nova Scotia
  • Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia
  • Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
  • St. Laurent, Manitoba
  • Steveston, British Columbia
  • Tilting, Newfoundland and Labrador

China

  • Po Toi O, Hong Kong
  • Tai O, Hong Kong
  • Yanglingang, Jiangsu

Denmark

  • Snogebæk
  • Sørvágur, Faroe Islands
  • Thyborøn
  • Vorupør

Estonia

  • Altja
  • Käsmu
  • Prangli

France

  • Barfleur, Manche
  • Ciboure, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
  • Douarnenez, Finistère
  • Granville, Manche, Manche
  • Le Guilvinec, Finistère
  • Ile-de-Sein, Finistère
  • Paimpol, Côtes-d'Armor
  • Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Greece

  • Agios Nikolaos
  • Alykes
  • Charaki
  • Kassiopi
  • Sigri

Iceland

  • Bolungarvík
  • Hjalteyri
  • Stokkseyri
  • Súðavík
  • Suðureyri

India

  • Puthenthope, Kerala
  • Covelong, Tamil Nadu
  • Eraviputhenthurai, Tamil Nadu

Ireland

  • An Rinn
  • Dunmore East
  • Easky

Italy

  • Portofino, Liguria
  • Vernazza, Liguria

Malta

  • Marsaskala
  • Marsalforn
  • Marsaxlokk
  • Bugibba

Norway

  • Grip
  • Hovden
  • Kamøyvær
  • Moskenes
  • Nyksund
  • Ona
  • Reine

Portugal

  • Alvor
  • Aveiro
  • Cascais
  • Câmara de Lobos
  • Carvoeiro
  • Nazaré
  • Olhos de Água
  • Peniche
  • Salema

South Africa

  • Amsterdamhoek
  • Hondeklip Bay

Spain

  • Bermeo, Basque Country
  • Elantxobe, Basque Country
  • Getaria, Basque Country
  • Hondarribia, Basque Country
  • Lekeitio, Basque Country
  • Los Nietos, Region of Murcia
  • Mutriku, Basque Country
  • Ondarroa, Basque Country
  • Orio, Basque Country
  • Sa Riera, Catalonia
  • Santa Pola, Valencian Community
  • Zumaia, Basque Country

Suriname

  • Boskamp
  • Braamspunt

Turkey

  • Gümüşlük
  • Peksimet

United Kingdom

England

  • Cadgwith
  • Cullercoats
  • Lamorna
  • Mousehole
  • Port Isaac
  • Robin Hood's Bay
  • Rock

Northern Ireland

  • Ardglass
  • Portavogie

Scotland

  • East Haven
  • Harrow
  • Lochinver
  • Newhaven
  • Pittenweem
  • Portmahomack
  • St Abbs

Wales

  • Ferryside

United States

  • Delacroix Island, Louisiana
  • Reggio, Louisiana
  • Kaunolu, Hawaii (historical)
  • Pu'upehe, Hawaii
  • Saint Malo, Louisiana (historical)[1]
  • Shell Beach, Louisiana
  • Villa Pesquera, Puerto Rico
  • Wanchese, North Carolina
  • Cedar Key, Florida

See also

  • Community-supported fishery
  • Fishing
  • Fishing industry
  • Uru people – a pre-Incan people who live on forty-two self-fashioned floating islands in Lake Titicaca Puno, Peru and Bolivia

References

  1. ↑ "Saint Malo, Oldest Filipino Settlement in USA". Fil-Am Ako. 15 April 2010. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
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