Cluster 13 of 28. Ideas 251 to 270
The sea
The mechanism
An ocean 8 times the size of the land, and a fishing fleet that sells its catch on the beach. The Maldives built a tourism industry on the same ocean, with a fraction of the land.
The 20 ideas
- 251Sailing charters and a yacht marina at Galle or Trincomalee, with the crew trained here
- 252Diving schools at the wrecks of Trincomalee and the reefs of the east, certified to international standard
- 253Sport fishing charters with catch-and-release, sold to the Gulf and Europe
- 254Sea-cucumber and seaweed farming in the northern lagoons, for the buyers in Hong Kong and Singapore
- 255Tuna graded, loined and vacuum-packed at the harbour for the sashimi market, not sold whole
- 256Crab and prawn from the lagoons as a branded chilled export, with the lagoon's name
- 257Dried fish and Maldive fish for Sri Lankans abroad, packed to a food-safety standard
- 258Boats for export: the boatyards already on the coast building fishing boats and launches for the countries around the Indian Ocean, not only for the home fleet
- 259Coastal clean-up businesses paid by the hotels, with the plastic sold on for recycling
- 260Ornamental-fish breeding for the world's aquarium trade, raised in tanks rather than taken from the reef
- 261Beach-hut cafés run to a standard, licensed, with the sanitation that the beaches lack
- 262Surfboard shaping and repair workshops on the east and south coasts
- 263Snorkelling reef guides trained in marine biology, at Pigeon Island and Hikkaduwa
- 264Fish-market tours at Negombo at dawn with breakfast after, the way Tokyo sold Tsukiji
- 265Stays in old lighthouse keepers' cottages, leased from the Ports Authority where it no longer needs them
- 266Mangrove nurseries selling seedlings to the hotels and the state for coastal protection
- 267Ice plants at every fishing harbour run as a service, so the catch does not spoil before the sale
- 268Fish-leather and fish-skin products from the waste of the processing plants
- 269The wind, the salt pans and the flamingos as one coastal business: kitesurfing schools and camps in the windy months, walks through the salt pans where the flamingos feed in winter, and stays sold for both seasons, wherever the coast has the wind and the wetlands
- 270Ferry and sea-plane services between the coastal towns, the way islands elsewhere connect their coast