The coastal fisheries of Sri Lanka: resources, exploitation and management

Title: The coastal fisheries of Sri Lanka: resources, exploitation and management
Abstract: Fisheries are an important source of animal protein, employment, income and foreign exchange
earnings for Sri Lanka, whose Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is over 20 times larger than its land area.
This paper reviews the marine environment and the results of surveys of the marine resources of Sri Lanka
with emphasis on trawl surveys, including actual catches, potential yield, catch composition and the tech
nology in use. Coastal fisheries in Sri Lanka today are in a stag...
Publication Date: July 31, 2017, 3:39 a.m.
Keywords: Lethrinus nebulosus , Resource Survey , Lutjanus malabaricus , Fin Fish , L. miniatus , L. lutjanus
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: Maldeniya. 1997. The coastal fisheries of Sri Lanka: resources, exploitation and management, p.72- 84. In G. Silvestre and D. Pauly (eds.) Status and managem...

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