The Venetian governor in Corfu on June 19, 1608, reported to the Center on the large annual income from fishing in the Butrint area occupied by the Republic. According to the report, they amounted to 12 thousand skude, at a time when all the other income did not capture half of this amount. This is a simple example that shows where the development of metropolis was based.
19 June 1608, Vendic’s report describes colossal revenue from fishing in Butrint
