MEBIN- Title
- LEFFA31: Shrimp fishery in the Negombo lagoon on the west coast of Sri Lanka.
- Abstract
The results of the study of traditional shrimp fishery in the Negombo lagoon are presented. Fishing was mainly conducted by traditional dug out canoes and log rafts. Trammel nets, brush piles, cast nets, drag nets and stake-seine nets were the major fishing gears employed. The estimated mean catch rates for trammel nets, brush piles, cast nets, drag nets and stake-seine nets were 4.15, 5.92, 0.65, 13.33 and 23.21 kg/operation respectively in 1998 and 5.18, 7.09, 0.7, 15.68 and 26.19 kg/ope...
- Publication Date
- May 30, 2018, 1:13 a.m.
- Keywords
- shrimps
- 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 5
- Owner
- prds1
- Language
- English
- Supplemental Information
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