 There is also an established software presence on Skye, with Portree-based Sitekit having expanded in recent years.Crofting is still important, but although there are about 2,000 crofts on Skye only 100 or so are large enough to enable a crofter to earn a livelihood entirely from the land.Cod and herring stocks have declined but commercial fishing remains important, especially fish farming of salmon and shellfish such as scampi.