List of fishing villages
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.
The main populated area of Chibu, Japan
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
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
- Taganga, Colombia
- Taghazout, Moroccoo
- 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
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
Iceland
India
- Covelong, Tamil Nadu
- Eraviputhenthurai, Tamil Nadu
Ireland
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
South Africa
- Amsterdamhoek
- Hondeklip Bay
United Kingdom
- Catalan Bay, Gibraltar
Northern Ireland
Wales
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
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
- "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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