MEBIN- Title
- Present status of Billfish fishery in Sri Lanka
- Abstract
Sri Lanka has a well-established offshore fishery targeting tuna and shark. The annual production of large pelagics in Sri Lanka was 126,165mt in 2003. Although there is no target fishery for billfish, Sri Lanka makes considerable contribution to the billfish production in the Indian Ocean. Billfishes make up to 12% 0f the total large pelagic landings in Sri Lanka representing 32% of that of Indian Ocean. Billfish production in Sri Lanka is at increasing trend since early 1980’s. In specie...
- Publication Date
- Aug. 1, 2017, 12:15 a.m.
- Keywords
- sword fish , Resource Survey , Billfish , Sail fish , Marlin , Fin Fish
- Category
- Resources Survey
- environmental resources, protection and conservation. Examples: environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape
- Regions
- JS 1 , JS 2 , JS 3 , JS 4 , JS 5 , M 5 , M 6 , M 7
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Samaraweera, E.K.V. and Amarasiri, C. 2004. Present status of Billfish fishery in Sri Lanka, A document presented to the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission Working...
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