Due to the low vegetation and grass, Luštica provided favourable conditions for cattle breeding. The limiting factor was lack of water which conditioned mainly goat breeding (there is a saying: “vines and goats need least water“). Thus, “kaštradina” – dry goat meat was among the first exported products. In the 20^th century, cattle and pigs were mainly bred and grain was also grown, though yields were quite modest.

One of the older agricultural activities on Luštica was viticulture and the first vineyards were planted by the Romans. Vineyards occupied large areas and gave high-quality yields. This is illustrated by a legend which says that there used to be so much wine that due to the lack of enough jugs and containers for a new harvest, they had to spill the old wine. Partly because of migration of the inhabitants and partly because of the disease phylloxera, vineyards stopped being cultivated.

Olives were cultivated even in the Greek and Roman times and olive growing is thought to be the oldest profession of people from Luštica. Olive growing was appreciated due to the manifold use of the fruit and especially the use of oil as a spice and liquid for light in “lukjerne”, old household lamps. The most present olive tree is the oil-rich žutica species, whose colour of oil is golden-yellow.

About how important this agriculture activity was to the people of Luštica, speaks the fact that they were the only ones in the Boka Bay that had religious ceremonies in honour of olives that were organised in olive groves. The trees were sprinkled with holy water and processions were organized in the olive groves in order, according to folk belief, for olives to give greater yields. Other specific professions were extraction and processing of Luštica decorative stone, production of lime, silkworm and tobacco.

Since the time of the Illyrian tribes (Ardijeji and Liburni), the inhabitants of Luštica were skilled sailors and pirates. They performed hard work on galleys and sailing ships skilfully and bravely, although they were the descendants of farmers and livestock breeders who came to Luštica from different areas. The first written record about sailors is linked to the year of 1443, and is related to leasing of the sailing ship “kopola” for commercial purposes. From the period of Venetian rule of Luštica (17^th and 18^th centuries) and the greatest prosperity of the Boka navy, most families at that time had famous sailors (patrons – owners and captains), while almost every household had a sailor.

The culture of living is an exceptional value of this region and this was mostly influenced by Luštica sailors who brought many innovations from developed regions. From that period are houses built in a Mediterranean style, various household and decorative items such as a Spanish comb, which, according to legend, dates back to the 16^th century and it is the only such item in Montenegro.

The beginnings of the decline of the Boka navy coincide with the time of transferring maritime transport to vessels that were steam–powered and had a steel construction (1860-70).

As for spiritual life, Christianity as a religion was accepted early in Boka (there are traces that lead to the 4^th century). Twenty churches were built on Luštica in the past, first predominantly Catholic, and now Orthodox. Because of a large number of religious buildings in a small place, Luštica is also known as small Mount Athos.