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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookIncome-earning Activities for Women from Fishing Communities in Sri Lanka - BOBP/REP/21 1985
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No results found.This report describes two pilot activities in Sri Lanka meant to explore incomeearning opportunities for women from fishing communities. The activities relate to coir production in Ulhitiyawa, and sewing and tailoring in Mirissa. The report has been written up essentially as a case study of the two pilot activities, especially of the process of planning and implementation; It is not a complete record of the activities. The report concludes that the pilot activities have, on the whole, yielde d promising results. However, lack of management skills among women from fishing communities remains a major lacuna. The report, and the pilot activities it describes, have been organized by the smallscale fisheries project of the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP), in cooperation with several agencies: the Sri Lanka Mahila Samiti, a voluntary organization; the Women’s Bureau of the Ministry of Plan Implementation; and the Welfare Division of the Ministry of Fisheries. -
ProjectProgramme / project reportBiosocioeconomics of Fishing for Small Pelagics along The Southwest Coast of Sri Lanka - BOBP/WP/96 1994
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No results found.The marine fishery in Sri Lanka is the country’s major source of animal protein supply (60%). It also provides employment to around 100,000 fishermen. More than 90 per cent of the fish production comes from the coastal area extending up to about 25 nautical miles from the shore. A group of small pelagic species constitutes more than 45 per cent of this catch. Before the motorization of fishing craft in the early 1950s, almost the entire production of small pelagics came from the beach seine (B S). After motorization, however, small-mesh gillnets (GN) became popular. With the introduction of synthetic material, the gilinet became the major gear. In the early 1980s, fishermen on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka started using the purse seine (PS) to target small pelagic resources. The rapid increase in fishing intensity due to motorization gave rise to several fishing disputes. The use of the more efficient purse seine in the southwestern coastal waters led to several conflicts. In 198 7, the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (MFAR) framed regulations limiting the area of operation of the PS. However, enforcement of these regulations was not successful. The MFAR thereupon, realized the need to examine the possible interaction between the different fisheries in terms of resources and income distribution among various user-groups. It was expected that the information obtained through a study would assist in arriving at sound management measures. The study was undertake n by the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and the National Aquatic Resources Agency (NARA) with guidance from the Bay of Bengal Programme’s biosocioeconomics team. The reporting was funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). -
ProjectProgramme / project reportDemonstration Of Simple Hatchery Technology For Prawns In Sri Lanka - BOBP/WP/43 1986
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No results found.This report describes the facilities and documents the procedures for the operation of a “backyard” hatchery for Penaeid prawns, put up for demonstration and training purposes in Pitipana, Sri Lanka. It concludes that the technology demonstrated is appropriate and that the aims set have been reached; it also identifies the constraints that should be lifted if this hatchery is to become a permanent training facility of the Coastal Aquaculture Research Station at Pitipana. The hatchery was one o f the components of a project aimed at developing a small-scale prawn culture region. The project undertakes trials of prawn culture in pens in the lagoons of Koggala, Negombo and Puttalam. Under the terms of this project, the Ministry of Fisheries, Sri Lanka, renovated and adapted facilities already existing for shrimp breeding, while BOBP contributed expertise, provided some imported equipment and met running costs. This report was compiled by BOB P’s D Reyntjens (Aquaculturist Assoc iate Professional Officer) and is based on the reports of the consultant, Dr K. H. Mohammed, the records maintained at the hatchery, and also on personal observations made in the last quarter of 1985. Mr Samaranayake, Assistant Director of Inland Fisheries and project leader, other team members and Mr. Reyntjens’s colleagues, Mr J. A Janssen and Mr P. Funegaard, also contributed to the project. This paper, and the project it describes, form part of the activities of the small-scale fisheri es project of the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP) funded by SIDA (Swedish International Development Authority) and executed by the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). The project seeks to develop, demonstrate and promote technologies and methodologies to improve the conditions of small-scale fisherfolk. The project covers five countries in the region — Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
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