Kaga (place name) - Kaka

…Although the area is steeply sloping and there is little arable land, the area is blessed with good harbors and fishing is the main industry. The central city of Kaga has long been used as a port for sailing ships to wait out the wind, and in the Edo period it became the port of the Matsue domain, with a nut storehouse established to store locally produced goby, tuna and other fish. Currently, fishing methods such as line fishing and fixed net fishing are thriving, and wakame seaweed is also cultivated. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…急傾斜地が多く耕地は少ないが，良港に恵まれ漁業が産業の中心である。中心地の加賀（かか）は帆船の風待港として古くから開け，江戸時代は松江藩の藩港となり，当地で産するハゼ，アブラギリなどを保管する木実蔵が設けられていた。現在は一本釣り，定置網などの漁業が盛んで，ワカメの養殖も行われる。…

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