Other small island settlements such as Burano, Caorle, Malamocco, and Torcello traditionally depended on the local economic activities of the lagoon: fishing and fowling, salt production, and horticulture.
Beneath the fish gargoyles that adorn the peaked roof, sustainable lagoon fishing standards are literally set in stone on a carved sign, and shameless bragging about Venetian moeche (soft-shell crab) and moscardini (baby octopus) still begins around 5 am Tuesday through Sunday.
Unable to practice their native culture of lagoon fishing, they became dependent on food shipments.
The Mura, who live on the Madeira and Purus rivers, and the Guató of the upper Paraguay River, who spend a good part of the year on rivers and lagoons, fishing and hunting aquatic animals, have made their canoes into dwellings.
Watching a film shot by missionaries in the 1960s, I can understand why every Chagos islander I have met calls it paradise; there is a grainy sequence where the islanders' beloved dogs are swimming in the sheltered, palm-fringed lagoon, catching fish.
The waters of the Patos Lagoon are fished.
Agriculture (with the exception of coffee and copra plantations along the coastal and lagoon perimeters), fishing, manufacturing, and tourism are of minor value to the overall economy.
Marisqueira Fialho At this rustic, lagoon-facing fish restaurant between Livramento and Luz, the plastic chairs and Christmas-themed wall decorations do not do justice to the quality and quantity of mouth-wateringly fresh fish that is on offer.
Plying the Batticaloa lagoon are fishing boats of the type used in the people-smuggling operations - small, cramped, uncomfortable vessels.
Net fishing is a significant industry in the Mbanio Lagoon, where abundant fish include tarpon weighing 150 pounds (70 kg) or more.
