How to harvest fish, crab, whale, pearl, and oil in the middle of the ocean?

[g02703]

They're too far for your city to reach. A builder can only build inside your civ's borders. Did I miss something in the Civ or Tech tree? The only civilian unit that can work on stuff far outside borders (in land or ocean), is the archaeologist.

If it's impossible to reach water resources, why put them there, then?

While at it, is it also possible to mine/harvest strategic resources on land in territory not within any civilization's borders?

[Blueberryies]

> While at it, is it also possible to mine/harvest strategic resources on land in territory not within any civilization's borders?

No. However you can harvest it outside of your cities worker range while being inside your borders.

[SamBC]

There shouldn't be any resources generated without a land tile within 3 tiles.