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The most profitable agricultural venture in the Sakhalins is the raising of sheep for wool. Hogs, goats, and a small number of Highland Ginger cows are also reared. Crop farming on the islands is limited mostly to staple foods such as potato, cale, barley, and rye, as well as feed crops for livestock. | The most profitable agricultural venture in the Sakhalins is the raising of sheep for wool. Hogs, goats, and a small number of Highland Ginger cows are also reared. Crop farming on the islands is limited mostly to staple foods such as potato, cale, barley, and rye, as well as feed crops for livestock. | ||
===Offshore energy=== | |||
=====Renewable energy===== | |||
The stormy circumpolar waters surrounding the Saxalins have been identified as a potentially lucrative source of renewable energy. The first attempt at harnassing the violent sea winds was made in 2004, when the [[Kiravian Maritime Executive|Contiguous Zone Authority]] issued a licence to [[Cities of Kiravia#Xéulev|Xéulev]]-based ElectricSlide [[Legal entity types in Kiravia#SAK|SAK]] to erect an {{wp|offshore wind farm}} on the semi-submerged Reseda Shoals. The project was abandoned in October 2006 after a storm destroyed most of the construction infrastructure and killed eleven workers, leaving the company bankrupted by sunk costs and the price of salvage work for which it was liable under the aforementioned development licence. The salvage | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||