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The Importance of Involving Community Organizations for Preventing Destructive Fishing Activities in Mannar, Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Peramunagama, S.S.M.
dc.contributor.author Thusyanthini, R.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-02T09:50:13Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-02T09:50:13Z
dc.date.issued 2021-05-31
dc.identifier.citation Peramunagama, S.S.M.,Thusyanthini, R. (2021)."The Importance of Involving Community Organizations for Preventing Destructive Fishing Activities in Mannar, Sri Lanka" Advances in Technology,1(1), 177-190 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10382
dc.description.abstract The irresponsible destructive fishing practices with respect to the ecosystem approach have remained a major concern since the elimination of these practices has not been easy despite efforts. There is an urgent need to identify the different types of destructive fishing methods and their threats to fisheries then, to assess how the different organizations/groups/individuals confront with these threats. This study was carried out in Pesalai, a fisheries village in the Mannar district of Northern Sri Lanka in the years 2016 and 2017. The methodology employed consists of a pre-tested structured questionnaire in the field survey with a random sample of 310 fishers and a focus group discussion was conducted where 20 fishers actively participated. The results revealed that trawling net fishing, dynamite fishing, brush pile fishing, and stake net were being used extensively by the fishers. However, the use of such gears have facilitated to catch more fish and earning a high income. Resultant, the major negative impacts were gearing damages, nets damages and net loss. It is apparently found that, the majority of fisheries (93%) had faith in fisher community organizations (fisheries co-op society, the church/father and women welfare society) in terms of resolving conflicts which were raised by destructive fisheries (wrangling, argument and dissension) while 7% of the respondents have faith in the state to resolve conflicts. The fisheries believed that, the government supports for fishing activities was not well required. Hence, it is strongly concluded that the Regulations should be enforced, as a joint effort between the department of fisheries and community organization en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Technology, USJ en_US
dc.subject Destructive fishing methods, Mannar district, Northern Sri Lanka en_US
dc.title The Importance of Involving Community Organizations for Preventing Destructive Fishing Activities in Mannar, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31357/ait.v1i1.4850 en_US


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