MEBIN- Title
- Some biological aspects of Frigate tuna (Auxis thazard) landed in the Souther...
- Abstract
Frigate tuna (Auxis thazard) is an important neritic tuna species found in Sri Lankan waters. Neritic tuna constitutes 14% of the total tuna production of Sri Lanka and frigate tuna contributes almost 42% to this total neritic tuna catches. The gear types used in the neritic tuna fishery in Sri Lanka are gillnets, ring nets and troll lines, with the gillnet being the major gear type. Frigate tuna is a commercially important species as it is favored by the local community. In addition, due ...
- Publication Date
- Aug. 1, 2017, 1:08 a.m.
- Keywords
- Fin Fish , Auxis thazard (frigate tuna) , Resource Survey
- 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 2 , M 3 , M 4 , M 5 , M 6
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
D.R. Herath, H.A.C.C. Perera, G.H.C.M. Hettiarachchi and V.K. Ranasinghe and M.D.I.C. Kumara. (2016). Some biological aspects of Frigate tuna (Auxis thazard)...
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