A
fishing village is a village, usually located near a
fishing ground, with an
economy based on catching
fish and harvesting
seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres (221,000 mi). From
Neolithic times, these coastlines, as well as the shorelines of inland lakes and the banks of rivers, have been punctuated with fishing villages. Most surviving fishing villages are traditional.