Fishing

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

Once upon a time these giant concrete tanks were used by local fishermen to clean their wild-caught mussels.

Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

The traditional houses along the coast of this charming Japanese fishing village allow people to sleep above the sea.

This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.