MEBIN- Title
- An environmental and fisheries profile of the Puttalam lagoon system
- Abstract
Sea cucumbers (Holothurians) are collected from the Dutch Bay and the entire catch is exported. About 1,500 to 2,000 families are engaged in this fishery in Kalpitiya Peninsula (Long et al., 2010). Mostly, FRP boats are used for this fishery, and sea cucumbers are harvested by diving (either skin or scuba) and hand picking. The fishing season is from the middle of October till the following April (Long et al., 2010). Eight species have been recorded in the Lagoon and associated coastal wat...
- Publication Date
- Aug. 2, 2017, 12:59 a.m.
- Keywords
- Holothuria edulis , Thelenota anax , Thelenota ananas , Bohadschia marmorata , Resource Survey , Sea cucumber , Actinopyga miliaris , Stichopus chloronotus , Actinopyga echinites , Holothuria fuscogilva , Bohadschia sp. 1 , Holothuria atra , Bohadschia argus , Holothuria nobilis
- 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
- M 2 , M 3
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
IUCN (2012). An environmental and fisheries profile of the Puttalam lagoon system. Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme for South and Southeast Asia (GCP...
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