MEBIN- Title
- Fattening of sea cucumbers as an alternative income generation activity in th...
- Abstract
Sri Lanka’s sea cucumber (bech-de-mer) fishery is primarily based on wild collection. The high demand in the export market has resulted in an overexploitation of the sea cucumbers in many coastal areas of Sri Lanka. This first ever research on sea cucumber fattening project was initiated to evaluate the potential Holothuriascabra fattening as an alternative income generation activity while releasing the pressure on the wild stocks in Sri Lanka. This was first achieved by introducing a pr...
- Publication Date
- Aug. 1, 2017, 2:04 a.m.
- Keywords
- Holothuria scabra , Resource Survey , Sea cucumber
- 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
- C3
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Jayanthi, M.A.J.C., Mallikarachchi, U. and Arulanandan, K. (2012). Fattening of sea cucumbers as an alternative income generation activity in the Northern P...
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