MEBIN- Title
- Impact of policies on the conservation of sharks in the large pelagic fishery
- Abstract
Sharks are of great commercial importance in the marine fisheries sector in Sri Lanka. They are taken in large quantities for human consumption, especially to obtain shark fins, which is an export oriented product and to a lesser extent for the extraction of liver oil. Though pelagic shark catches are incidental to or a by-catch of fisheries mainly targeting tuna in Sri Lanka, sharks are mostly harvested for their fins.
The annual shark production has been estimated at 4392, 3177, 182...- Publication Date
- July 19, 2017, 5:30 a.m.
- Keywords
- Rays , Non Fin Fish , Narke dipterygia , Resource Survey , Sharks , Skates
- Category
- Resources Survey
- environmental resources, protection and conservation. Examples: environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Jayathilaka. R.A.M. and Maldeniya. R, 2015, Impact of policies on the conservation of sharks in the large pelagic fishery, 11th Session of the working party ...
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