MEBIN- Title
- Fishery of Kawakawa and Frigate tuna
- Abstract
Nine species of tuna are reported to occur in the catches of Sri Lanka’s local commercial fisheries that extend to about 30 to 40 miles from the shore, with surface fishing gears such as gillnet, pole and line and troll lines being dominant (Sivasubramaniam, 1965; Joseph, 1984). Except for skipjack and yellowfin, annual production statistics of all species are lumped together and given as ‘other blood fish’ by the Ministry of Fisheries. Annual landings of this group have been in the region...
- Publication Date
- Aug. 1, 2017, 1 a.m.
- Keywords
- Fin Fish , Resource Survey , Kawakawa , Auxis spp.
- 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 , M 5 , M 6 , M 7
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Joseph, Maldeniya, Van der Knaap. (1986). Fishery of Kawakawa and Frigate tuna, Their Age and Growth, Proceedings third working group meeting on the tunas
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