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Fishing

From the earliest hunter gatherers who settled here in around 7,000 BC, to the modern day, the sea and the fish that live in it have provided a rich resource to the people of Scotland. The country is almost totally surrounded by the sea and has a coastline which provides many sheltered inlets and natural harbours to protect boats and around these fishing towns and villages grew up. The warm waters of the Gulf Stream flow up past the west coast too mixing with the cold waters of the Atlantic, creating a bonanza of diversity of fish species which able to make our coast their home.

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