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LEFFA36: Preliminary survey on present fishery status of the Bar Reef Marine Sanctuary (BRMS) area at Kalpitiya

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LEFFA36: Preliminary survey on present fishery status of the Bar Reef Marine ...
Abstract

According to some non-scholarly reports, Kalametiya lagoon (dry zone of southern Sri Lanka, form early 8 .9 k m 2, now 7 .5 k m 2) had been a moderately or high salinity water body and a very important center of prawn fishery until the late 1960s. Most of the lagoon area had remained open water until then. An upstream irrigation project, the Udawalawa irrigation scheme, came into operation in 1967, increasing the fresh water inflow to the lagoon. The flora, fauna and water quality of the ...

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Hilsa kelee (karattaya) , Amblygaster sirm (hurulla) , Portunus pelagicus , Penaeus indicus , Elagatis bipinnulata , Decapterus russelli (Indian scad) , Sardinella longiceps , Panulirus homarus , Marine protected areas , P. semisulcatus , Gazza sp. , Sepia pharaonis , (scallop spiny lobster). , Rastrelliger kanagurta , Sardinella gibosa , Leiognathus sp. , Bar reef , Loligo duvauceli , Holothuria scabra (sandfish) , Scylla serrata , fishery , Stichopus chloronotus (greenfish). , Caranx sp , Sardinella albella
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Coastal and Marine Sensitive Habitats
flora and/or fauna in natural environment. Examples: wildlife, vegetation, biological sciences, ecology, wilderness, sealife, wetlands, habitat
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M 2
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