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...
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...
Relentless overfishing, illegal and unreported catches, environmentally damaging fishing methods and unwanted by-catches are some of the challenges to fisheries management. Community based fisheries management and co-management are believed to be effective methodologies to bring about sustainable utilization of fisheries resources. Interestingly, indigenous resource management practices among small scale fishers,...
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...
Scholars of natural resource systems increasingly refer to ‘governance’ as a crucial steering activity for sustainable management of natural resources. It is now common practice to speak of ‘ocean governance’, ‘coastal governance’, and ‘fisheries governance’. Within governance, sustainability and decentralization are two major factors that underpin the success of governance...
Proceedings of Visible Possibilities: The Economics of Sustainable Fisheries, Aquaculture and Seafood Trade, the 16th Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade, held July 16-20, 2012 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.