Observations on the artisanal stake net fishery for shrimps in the Negombo Lagoon, Sri Lanka

Fisheries Management and Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-50

  Jayawardane, P A A T ^a   Perera, H A R E ^a  

^a National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Equity sharing; Kattudel; Lagoon; Negombo; Stake net fishery

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; CATCH STATISTICS; EQUITY; INCOME; LAGOON; SHRIMP FISHERY;

SRI LANKA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PENAEIDAE;

EID: 0037331010     PISSN: 0969997X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2400.2003.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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