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LEFFA55: Estimating the population density of prawns by the use of catch per effort data from prawn trawlers at Chilaw.

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LEFFA55: Estimating the population density of prawns by the use of catch per ...
Abstract

The penaeid prawns of Sri Lanka from estuaries and sea are an important commercial fishery resource. This resource has been exploited over the last century or more by local fishermen using indigenous fishing gear from locally sail-driven or oar-driven fishing crafst. In more recent times (i.e. within the last 20 years) the Fisheries Research Division of the Department of P: ~heries llildertook surveys of the seas and lagoons of Sri Lanka with a view to ascertain whether any unexploited res...

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Prawn , sp
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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 4
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English
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