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The residents of Côtes-de-Fer make their living by farming, fishing and making crafts. Their farm products include banana, petit mille, cassava, corn, potato, yam and peas, cachiment, grenadine, corossole, mango, sapodilla and papaya. They sell many of these goods at the local market to nearby towns and even import Sisal (pitre) to the international market. The area is famous for their fishing. Mostly seasonal, their fish varieties include lobsters and conch, of which the haul is large, used to feed the residents and also for commercial use.

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