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Amed is the name for a string of bays and fishing hamlets in Abang District, Karangasem Regency, on Bali's north-east coast with Mount Agung behind. In bays such as Jemeluk, brightly painted jukung outriggers are pulled up on the beach, and local fishers also take part in marine tourism. Amed is also known for its salt. Salt farmers dry seawater in palungan, split and hollowed coconut trunks, and filter it through tinjungan, woven bamboo strainers. Production depends on the dry season. Amed salt has been registered as a Geographical Indication product since December 2015, and a community cooperative runs the Amed Salt Center in Purwakerthi village. The tradition is under pressure: most of its farmers are older, and much of the land is worked on a sharecropping basis.