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Rethinking of Co-Management in Small Scale Fishery in Sri Lanka?

Creator:

Rathnaweera, Erwin

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A lot of efforts through different projects have been made to establish comanagement mechanisms to manage small scale fishery in Sri Lanka. Nevertheless, many of such attempts have by now proved to be futile endeavors. More often than not, such attempts to establish co-management mechanisms in small scale fishery in...

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Participatory Approach to Fishing Crafts Building in Post Tsunami Scenario

Creator:

Gunasekara, Jayantha and Rathnaweera, Erwin

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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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Overfishing in Small Scale fishery

Creator:

Rathnaweera, Erwin and Gunasekara, Jayantha

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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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