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Monitoring and assessment of the offshore fishery in Sri Lanka, Fisheries Training Programme, Iceland.

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Monitoring and assessment of the offshore fishery in Sri Lanka, Fisheries Tra...
Abstract

The present study evaluates the trends in offshore fishing activities and reviews the fisheries data collection programme in Sri Lanka from 1994 to 2004. The analysis is based on data from a large pelagic database (PELAGOS) of the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA). The study reveals a continuous increasing trend of total offshore fishery production in Sri Lanka. Total annual production has decreased from 54,440 to 51,790 tons in the period 1994-1996 while it...

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Keywords
Fin Fish , Resource Survey
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Resources Survey
environmental resources, protection and conservation. Examples: environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape
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Language
English
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Dissanayake, D.C.T. 2005. Monitoring and assessment of the offshore fishery in Sri Lanka, Fisheries Training Programme, Iceland.

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