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100			_917659 _aDayaratne P.
245			_aRole of NARA in the Assessment and Management of Marine Fisheries Resources in Sri Lanka
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518			_aSri Lanka being an Island has access to sea right round through a coastline of 1760 km. Sri Lanka established exclusive marine fishery right over 516,000 sq km with the declaration of its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in 1976. Fishing has been one of the most important economic activities in the coastal areas for generations. At present the fisheries sector contributes 2.37% to the Gross National Product (GNP) of the Island. Though this is very modest, the sector is still important to the economy of the country in terms of the contribution it makes to employment, foreign exchange earnings and above all to the,protein supply. Fisheries sector provides direct employment to around 100,000 persons. During the past decade the fisheries sector has also developed into an important source of foreign exchange earnings for the country.. In 1991, 1828 MT of high valued products such as prawns, lobsters, crabs, cutt.lef.islT, _s.ea cucumber-and shark fins are exported. The amount earned by this sector was Rs. 855.5 million-which is 1.61% of the total export earning of the country. Fish contributes to the main animal protein of the nation. According to the Food Balance Sheet in 1991 fish contributed 54% of the animal based protein consumed by the people of Sri Lanka.
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