{"id":15251,"date":"2019-11-20T12:58:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=15251"},"modified":"2020-02-07T19:26:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T17:26:01","slug":"beach-seining-fishery-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=15251","title":{"rendered":"Beach-seining fishery in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo credit<\/strong>: Mahanamanam Geeganga Gamage Gunasena (Sri Lanka) Description<\/strong>: Mahanamanam Geeganga Gamage Gunasen and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The inserted picture shows the beach seine fishing which is\na kind of traditional fishing practice used in coastal fishery. The net is long\nabout 500m which can cover about 2 ha of the Sea. In fact, according to a case\nstudy in Sri Lanka, a beach seine has a combined length of wings and seine body\nof up to 600 meters. The codend mesh size of beach seine\nnets would determine the species and size of the catch. For example, a 6-mm mesh\ntargets sardines while Indian mackerels are targeted by 23-30-mm mesh size. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though, the basic design of the gear remained the same,\nthe seins are now made of synthetic rather than natural fibers. The net is laid\nusing a boat while the fishermen pull the two ends of the seine from the beach;\nthe fish catch is gathered into an appendix-like structure located in the\ncenter of the seins. This method is somehow labor intensive as about 10-15\npeople are needed to each end of the net for pulling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The beach seine fishing is confined to coastal waters of up\nto 3-kilometer offshore. Added to that, the fishing operations are usually\npracticed when the sea is not rough; before and after the southwest monsoon\nseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to keep beach seine fishing undisrupted, an allocated area along the coastal line known as \u201cMadel paduwa<\/em>\u201d is allocated for each beach seine bearing in mind that the ownership of such allocated areas goes from a generation to another. According to FAO, the contribution percentage of beach seining to total marine catch in Sri Lanka amounted 21.5% in 2004 with 54,410 tons. This fishing practice contributes to food security in Sri Lanka as large part of the catch is consumed by seine operators and households. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo credit: Mahanamanam Geeganga Gamage Gunasena (Sri Lanka) Description: Mahanamanam Geeganga Gamage Gunasen and Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The inserted picture shows the beach seine fishing which is a kind of traditional fishing practice used in coastal fishery. The net is long about 500m which can cover about 2 ha of … <\/p>\n

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