MEBIN- Title
- A preliminary study of the batiod fishery of Puttalam lagoon
- Abstract
The nutritive values of the elasmobranch muscles are known to be more or less similar to that of any other meat. Therefore, by exploiting this resource it is possible to supply the population with its nutrition demand to some extent. The present study was undertaken with a view to estimating the batoid resources in the Puttalam lagoon. Catch data were taken from the major fish landing centers around the Puttalam lagoon from January 2002 to December 2002.
A total of 5 species belong...
- Publication Date
- June 6, 2017, 2:15 a.m.
- Keywords
- Himantura gerrardi , Puttalam Lagoon , Himantura uarnak , Pastinachus sephen , Dasyatis zugei , Lagoon and Estuaries Fish Fauna
- Category
- Coastal and Marine Sensitive Habitats
- flora and/or fauna in natural environment. Examples: wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat
- Regions
- M 2
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
Dissanayake D.C.T., Gunawardana M.G.K. and Amarasooriya P.D.K.D. 2003. A preliminary study of the batoid fishery of Puttalam lagoon. Sri Lanka Association fo...
- Spatial Representation Type
- textual or tabular data is used to represent geographic data
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