They threatened to use right-to-buy provisions of crofting law to buy the crofts. Much of the rest of the population lives in crofting townships scattered around the coastline. The fertile machair lands of the island provide for good quality farming and crofting. In parts of the Highlands and Islands, a township is a crofting settlement. Particularly in the Hebrides, some crofting communities were established to work in the kelp industry. These include Gruline, a small scattered township, primarily consisting of crofting and tourist homes. The main industries intended for those displaced to crofting communities were fishing and kelp. The main commercial activities are tourism, crofting, fishing and whisky distilling. The main sources of employment in the village are crofting and tourism. The principal activity for the male islanders is crofting. Displaced tenants were set up in crofting communities in the process. Great Bernera's population is mainly dependent on lobster fishing, crofting and tourism. Land use in the crofting counties is constrained by climate, soils and topography. The overcrowded crofting communities were highly dependent on the potato. The main economic activities in Ross and Cromarty are crofting, fishing and tourism.