Fishing industry in Scotland to feed the fisher and their immediate community. By the medieval period, salmon and herring were important resources and were exported to continental Europe, and the towns of the Hanseatic League in particular. As the industry developed, "fishertouns" and villages sprang up to supply the growing towns and fishing became more specialised. The many religious houses in Scotland acted as a spur to fisheries, granting exclusive fishing rights and demanding part of their tithes in fish. In the early 19th Century, the British Government began to subsidise the catches of herring boats larger than 60 tons, plus an additional bounty
Fishing industry in Laos the rainy season, the flooded areas of the Mekong river plains and paddy lands are also part of the capture fishing operations. In Nam Ngum reservoir, which is one of the largest in the country, fishing operations are carried out throughout the year on a regular commercial basis as the closest marketing center is Vientiane. Water covered areas of Khong Island are also popular venues for fishing. The fish species reported are 481, which includes 22 exotic species. A few of the main species in capture fishing are: black sharkminnow ("Labeo chrysophekadion"), common carp ("Cyprinus carpio"), Jullien's golden carp ("Probarbus