 Sugar cane farming is an important aspect of the local economy, with Mossman Central Mill, the only sugar mill in the district (), processing the cane before sending it to Cairns for shipping domestically and internationally.There is a network of cane tramways through Mossman and nearby sugarcane growing areas to deliver the harvested sugarcane to the mill.The traditional language area of Kuka-Dyangan (also known as Djangun, Gugu Djangun and Kuka Djangun) includes landscape within the local government boundaries of the Douglas Shire and Cook Shire.