{"id":11172,"date":"2014-07-15T01:32:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T23:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=11172"},"modified":"2014-08-04T11:03:19","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T09:03:19","slug":"catching-mud-crab-scylla-serrata-in-mannar-district-srilanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=11172","title":{"rendered":"Catching mud crab (Scylla serrata) in Mannar District, SriLanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Credit:<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> Ajith Kumara (SriLanka)<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This photograph was taken in Mannar area, North province in 2009 (Mannar District is one of the 25 districts of SriLanka). The water body is a part of lagoon (tidal flat) during low tide. People shown in the photo dig holes to catch <i>Scylla serrata<\/i> \u00a0(mud crab or mangrove crab). According to outer opening of the tunnel fishermen get a good idea on the size of the crab.<\/span><em><b><\/b><\/em><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Catch-of-mud-crab-in-Mannar-SriLanka.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11173\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=11173\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Catch-of-mud-crab-in-Mannar-SriLanka.jpg?fit=604%2C403&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"604,403\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Catch of mud crab in Mannar (SriLanka)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Catch-of-mud-crab-in-Mannar-SriLanka.jpg?fit=604%2C403&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11173\" alt=\"Catch of mud crab in Mannar (SriLanka)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Catch-of-mud-crab-in-Mannar-SriLanka-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Catch-of-mud-crab-in-Mannar-SriLanka.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Catch-of-mud-crab-in-Mannar-SriLanka.jpg?w=604&amp;ssl=1 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Ajith Kumara (SriLanka) This photograph was taken in Mannar area, North province in 2009 (Mannar District is one of the 25 districts of SriLanka). The water body is a part of lagoon (tidal flat) during low tide. People shown in the photo dig holes to catch Scylla serrata \u00a0(mud crab or mangrove crab). 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