MEBIN- Title
- Importance of Neritic tuna in large pelagic fisheries in Sri Lanka
- Abstract
The large pelagic fishery is one of the major fisheries in the country which can be divided into costal, offshore/deep sea (Wijayaratne, 2001). Tuna and tuna-like species are a major component of the large pelagic fisheries in the country. Sri Lanka is one of the oldest and most important tuna fish producing nations in the Indian Ocean (Disanayake et al, 2008). The large pelagic fisheries of Sri Lanka mainly targeting tuna which is an important fishery resource for food and also have valua...
- Publication Date
- Aug. 1, 2017, 12:43 a.m.
- Keywords
- Euthynnis affinis (kawakawa) , Auxis thazard (frigate tuna) , Auxis rochei (bullet tuna) , Resource Survey , 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 4 , JS 5 , M 5 , M 7
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Perera, H.A.C.C, Maldeniya, R. and Bandaranayake, K.H.K. (2014). Importance of Neritic tuna in large pelagic fisheries in Sri Lanka,Fourth Working Party on N...
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