At the comprehensive Angola agriculture report conference in 1893, Gorwystan, Minister of Agriculture of East Africa, mentioned:
"The agriculture in the Angola region can be divided into five parts: the tropical cash crop area in the north, the cereal crop area on the central plateau, the traditional livestock area in the south, the marine fishery area in the east, and the forestry resource area in the west."
Marine fishery was one of the important pillar industries of colonial Angola, reaching its peak in the 16th century, when Angola's fishing industry reached the peak of prosperity.
During this period, Angola's fishing industry not only exported a large quantity of fish to Portugal but also supplied fish to other Portuguese colonies. Angola became one of the most important fishing grounds of the Portuguese colonial empire.
