TOTAL WAR WIKI

Local Fishery
Category:	Port - Fish
Level:	0
Turns to build:	2
Building cost:	600
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Fishing Fleet

No one can afford to ignore a plentiful, cheap source of food. Inshore fishing can bring in good catches.

A local fishery, however, only takes fish from the waters nearby, and most fishermen use small work boats, thus limiting the overall size of the catch. There is always a surplus that can be sent inland to supplement local food supplies. While catches can be seasonal as the fish come and go according to the tides and currents, it is rare for the catch to fail completely. Fishing is a dangerous activity: each year the sea claims its share of the fishing fleet and the lives of many men.

Historically, fish was an important food staple all around the world. There were religious prescriptions that encouraged the eating of fish such as the Catholic requirement not to eat flesh on a Friday. Islamic jurisprudence sees fish with scales as halal (permissible), while some authorities hold that shelled sea creatures are haraam (forbidden). Given the bottom-dwelling nature of mussels, clams, and so on and the inherent risk of food poisoning if they are improperly stored or cooked, this is a sensible precaution.