People are living below the poverty line and thus dependence on natural resources, mainly fishery, has increased.
Fishery is the main source of economic sustainance and revenue in the region; the water surrounding Kalmat Hor provide high quality prawns and other different types of fish.
Annually, millions of rupees worth of prawns and fish are exported from Kalmat to Karachi and the international market.
Sources say that if the government of Pakistan decides to go ahead with their plan to build the naval base, it will cost thousands of fishermen their jobs.
[citation needed] It is also feared that thousands of fishermen will lose their jobs, as the Pakistan Navy will take over the area.