The Norwegian research vessel “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” operating under United Nations flag, conducted four surveys in the waters of Sri Lanka from 1978 – 2018. During the three first surveys carried out annually in 1978 - 1980, a total fish abundance of about 280 000 – 395 000 tons were measured by fisheries acoustics. From the first two surveys signals of potential increases in catches by a factor of two, and use of longlining f...

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Pole and line fishery is one of the oldest traditional techniques employed in tuna fishing in the Indian Ocean including Sri Lanka, which is mainly targeted to exploit skipjack tuna. This fishery has fallen to a relatively low level of significance during the past three decades. The potentialities for the expansion of pole and line fishery in Sri Lanka are regained with the possible negative consequences allied with the drift...

As in many tropical reservoir fisheries, the major fishing gear in the reservoirs of Sri Lanka is gillnet. Gillnets of a wide range of stretched mesh sizes (6.9 - 11.4 cm) are used in individual boats in Sri Lankan reservoirs targeting mainly two exotic cichlid species, Oreochromis mossambicus and O. niloticus, which dominate the fisheries accounting for over 80% of the landings. Although the filament characteristics and dimen...