White settlers, who began arriving in the 1830s, also took advantage of the location as a fishing settlement.
These settlers decided to stay and establish a permanent fishing settlement.
It was not only a fishing settlement, but a place of trading.
Once he'd found the nearest fishing settlement, he could spy it out at night, then approach the people tomorrow morning.
It was settled sometime in the early 1800s, primarily as a fishing settlement.
"There's a little fishing settlement along the coast, right near where Chester went down," he said.
The fish refers to the village's history as a fishing settlement.
This settlement (town) was abandoned as the people moved to other fishing settlements.
It was likely first established as a seasonal fishing settlement in the early 1800s.
Al Mukalla was founded in 1035 as a fishing settlement.