the islands are surrounded by rich fishing grounds
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It's been a prime fishing ground for centuries.
The water which surrounds the island is a rich fishing ground for tuna and mackerel.
The Korean Straits is a major fishing ground for the Japanese.
Local politicians have responded to popular demands to protect the livelihoods of poor coastal fishermen from intrusion in their fishing grounds by large boats.
Representatives were holding talks with the Commission in an attempt to save cod fishing grounds from total closure next year.
The Spanish environment minister said oil had contaminated nearly 180 miles of Galicia's scenic coastline, rich in fishing grounds.
The two terminals are smack bang in the middle of the major shrimp fishing grounds.
The Brussels meeting will discuss deep-sea species in the fishing grounds off Scotland.
These fishing vessels, having exhausted their own stocks, are allowed to devastate the fishing grounds around our shores.
They will be forced to tie up, find new fishing grounds or diversify into prawn fishing.
It is a rich fishing ground.
The fishing grounds are part of a single ecosystem.