Which underlined phrases in the following sentences support the idea that the area Cabot found was valuable to Europeans? 1.He didn’t find a shortcut. Instead, he found an area of the Atlantic Ocean crowded with fish!

2.Sailors scooped them into baskets dropped from the sides of their ships.

3.Colonists who moved to the area built a fishing industry that exported, or sent, dried fish to Europe.

4.Fishing is still important to the economy of this area today.