Investigations on the bottom conditions and the possibilities for marine prawn and fish trawling on the north and east coast of Ceylon

The execution of this survey was decided upon by Swedevelop in agreement with the Sri Lanka Fisheries Corporation and was a part of the investigations and studies for a fishery project at Trincomalee which was carried out by Scandia Consult. The main purpose was to investigate the following aspects: bottom conditions, especially prawn trawling conditions; size of the potential prawn trawling catches; size and quality of the potential fish trawling catches; suitable sizes and types of boats and trawling gear; duration of trawl fishing season.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berg, S.E.
Format: article biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:Fisheries, marine prawns, trawling, fishing methods, stock assessment, catch/effort, surveys, Sri Lanka,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1834/32607
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