Ekanayake, Lalith (2015) A Surveys of marine turtle bycatch and fisherfolk attitude at Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka. Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter (22). pp. 11-12. ISSN 0973-1695
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Bycatch is a major threat to all five species of marine turtles that nest and/or forage in Sri Lankan territories (Ekanayake et al., 2015). Fishing communities on the north-west coast of Sri Lanka depend on seasonal, artisanal gill net fisheries targeting pelagic shoaling fish. Previous studies have revealed that these fisheries experience unwanted and expensive interactions with olive ridley turtles (Kapurusinghe & Cooray, 2002; Rajakaruna et al., 2009. The turtles actively seek and feed from gill nets containing captured fish, but in the process often become entangled, causing additional damage with each entanglement. Once turtles are entangled they may drown, but are more often hauled aboard fishing vessels alive and extremely aggressive.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Sri Lanka, Turtle, Bycatch, Gillnets, Pelagic Fisheries, Fishing Communities |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2022 04:22 |
| Last Modified: | 12 May 2022 04:22 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/14028 |
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