Strategies, Actions and Effectiveness: summarize key strategies and actions that can protect this vital sign in the Puget Sound area. "While economics is a component of all the Vital Signs to varying degrees (through funding, costs, benefits, and incentives), the indicators for the Economic Vitality Vital Sign are linked to other Vital Signs in more specific ways. For example, Employment in resource-based industries contributes to a Sense of Place where residents' strong connections to nature partly stem from cultural and outdoor activities, including fishing, shellfish gathering, and boating. Sustainable natural resource industries can contribute to, and also depend on, the health of Thriving Species and Food Webs, or alternately, can have a negative impact related to over-harvesting or poor practices. Poor conditions related to Toxics in Aquatic Life and Water Quality can negatively impact fishing and aquaculture resources, and forestry harvesting practices can impact water quality. Land development pressures can impact the forestry, fishing, shellfish, and agricultural industries