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Technical bookExploratory Fishing for Large Pelagic Species in the Maldives - BOBP/REP/46 1990
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No results found.This paper discusses the aims, methodology and findings of the project “Exploratory tuna fishing in the Maldives” TCP/MDV/6651(1). It was established in 1987 as part of a TCP (technical cooperation) agreement between the FAO and the Government of Maldives. The project was completed in December 1988. The project was executed by the Marine Research Station of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries with some support from the BOBP (Bay of Bengal Programme for Fisheries Development). Und er the project, exploratory surveys were carried out by the vessel Matha Hari. Despite limited fishing operations, useful information was obtained on the status of pelagic fish stocks, and on the feasibility of operating multi-day gillnet-cum-longline offshore fishing trips Data were also obtained on offshore tuna and sharks. The BOBP is a regional fisheries programme that covers seven countries around the Bay of Bengal - Bangladesh,-India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thail and. It strives for the socio-economic betterment of small scale fisherfolk communities in the region by developing, demonstrating and promoting new ideas or techniques, new technologies, methodologies or systems to help smallscale fisherfolk. -
Programme / project reportFishing Trials with Bottom-Set Longlines in Sri Lanka - BOBP/WP/6 1980
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No results found.This paper is the first report of a project to produce better awareness and utilization of Sri Lanka’s demersal or bottom-dwelling fish resources. It describes the rationale, the mechanics and the findings of experiments conducted toward this end between October 1979 and March 1980. Specifically, the experiments were meant to ascertain the suitability of a well-known system of demersal fishery — bottom-set longlining — for Sri Lanka, and to investigate ways of advancing this fishery. The pa per may be useful for fisheries planners and officials who are concerned with increasing fish supplies and for fisheries researchers concerned with new and better fishing methods. It may also serve as a guide for eventual extension if the experiments yield conclusive results. The experiments in demersal fishing are an activity of the Bay of Bengal Programme for the Development of Small-Scale Fisheries, GCP/RAS/040/SWE, in which the Ministry of Fisheries, Sri Lanka, is the cooperating agen cy. The Programme provided a fishing technologist, Mr. G. Pajot, to supervise theactivity and a consultant masterfisherman, Mr. H. H. Juliusson, to conduct fishing trials. The Ministry of Fisheries provided the services of a technical liaison officer, Mr. K. T. Weerasooriya, and a research assistant, Mr. S. S. C. Pieris. Other agencies involved in the project included Lion Trawlers Industries Limited (a private company that provided the boat and the crew used for the experiments); the Ceylo n Fisheries Corporation (CFC), which supplied frozen bait to be used with the bottom longlines; and the Ceylon Fisheries Harbour Corporation (CFHC) which processed fresh bait given by the CFC. -
Technical bookSmall Offshore Fishing Boats in Sri Lanka - BOBP/REP/61 1993
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No results found.The Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP) was invited in the early Eighties by the Shri Lankan Ministry of Fisheries to evaluate the offshore fisheries and the fishing craft being used in it. The evaluation was done by a consultant, O Gulbrandsen, Naval Architect. Subsequent to this evaluation, BOBP helped to develop and introduce two small multiday offshore fishing boats, the SRL-34 and the SRL-15. When Shri Lankan fishermen began fishing further offshore, more and more boats began to disappear a t sea. The BOBP was requested to provide assistance for studying the reasons for the disappearances and to help in making recommendations for the development of search-and-rescue facilities for the island’s fishermen. A consultant (U Hallberg) studied the facilities available and prepared a report which was submitted to the Ministry of Fisheries. Similarly, another consultant (E Dahle) studied the safety aspects of boat construction and prepared a draft of regulations for consideration by the Mi nistry. This report summarizes BOBP’s assistance provided in offshore fishing boat development and related safety-at-sea aspects. The work started under the SIDA funded project “Development of Small-scale Fisheries” GCP/RAS/040/SWE and was concluded under “Small-scale Fisherfolk Communities” GCP/RAS/l18/MUL funded jointly by DANIDA and SIDA.
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