Tunisia Business: Fishing & Timber Last updated on
Monday 26th April 2010
This provides about 6% of the country's food supply with an annual catch of 95,000 tonnes.
The catch includes sardines, pilchards, tuna and whitefish, although tuna fishing is declining as the numbers of fish in the Mediterranean diminishes.
Sponge gathering is important in the coastal ports, and the oak forests of the north provide timber and cork.
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Overview
History
Carthaginians & Romans
The Vandals & Islam
Turkish rule & piracy
French colonisation
French withdrawal & national autonomy
Political change
Geography...
The country has three distinct physical regions: Northern Tunisia, Central Tunisia, and Southern Tunisia.
In the north the Atlas mountains form the Northern Tell and High Tell ranges. They...
