MEBIN- Title
- A review on billfish fishery resources in Sri Lanka
- Abstract
Sri Lanka is one of the oldest and most important large pelagic fish producing, mostly tuna producing island nations in the Indian Ocean. Apart from tuna, billfish, sharks and seer fish are caught mostly within the EEZ of Sri Lanka as well as in high seas. The third largest group of fish reported in the large pelagic fish production in Sri Lanka is the billfish which include three species of marlins, one species of sailfish and one species of sword fish. The three species of Marlins domina...
- Publication Date
- Aug. 1, 2017, 12:19 a.m.
- Keywords
- Istiophorus platypterus , Makaira mazara , Swordfish , Resource Survey , Makaira indica , Billfish , Indo-Pacific Sailfish , Marlins Indo-Pacific Blue Marlin , Fin Fish , Tetrapturus audax , Black Marlin , Xiphias gladius , Striped Marlin
- 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
- C ! , C 2 , C3 , C 4 , C 5 , JS 1 , JS 2 , JS 3 , JS 4 , JS 5 , JS 6 , M 1 , M 2 , M 3 , M 4 , M 5 , M 6 , M 7 , M 8 , M 9
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Haputhantri, S.S.K.and Maldeniya, R. 2011. A review on billfish fishery resources in Sri Lanka, Ninth Working Party on Billfish, Seychelles, 4–8 July 2011
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