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Overfishing in Small Scale fishery

Creator:

Rathnaweera, Erwin and Gunasekara, Jayantha

Abstract:

It is recognized that small-scale fishing communities are grappled with an array of problems, including overfishing of fishing resources, lack of alternative sources of employment, rapid population growth, displacement in coastal areas due to industrial development and tourism, pollution and environmental degradation etc.. Discussions on the issue of overfishing in...

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Participatory Approach to Fishing Crafts Building in Post Tsunami Scenario

Creator:

Gunasekara, Jayantha and Rathnaweera, Erwin

Abstract:

The tsunami waves that hit Sri Lanka on the 26th December 2004 have decimated coastal fishing communities. Fishery in Sri Lanka is largely small scale and they are among the poorest communities in the country. Fishers have not only been affected by loss of lives or substantial damage to their...

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Presentation