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Agriculture and fisheries in the Bahamas
Commercial fishing remains a mainstay of the island's economy: conch, lobster, snapper and grouper are all commercially harvested for sale locally and in Nassau's fish markets. Seasonal crabbing—catching crabs and fattening them in pens for sale in Nassau—provides a cash crop for locals to supplement their income.
The method of fishing depends on the type and size of the fish to be caught. Trawling is used to catch shrimp, carite, snapper and cavali. The main catches from seine and gill nets are king fish, shark and carite. Fish pot catches are red snappers and jacks. Fishing is a year-round activity in the Caribbean and it directly employs thousands of ...
Walker's Cay
Commercial fishing
Chub Cay’s water offers a variety of different types of fishing including bone fishing, deep sea fishing, and bottom fishing. [14] During these excursions guests are likely to see billfish, tuna, grouper, yellowtail snapper, wahoo, and king mackerel. [7] Chub Cay is known as “The Billfish Capital of the Bahamas”.
Fishing industry
Marlin fishing - Wikipedia ... Marlin fishing