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    Sri Lankan reservoir fishery: a case for introduction of a co-management strategy
    (Sri Lankan reservoir fishery: a case for introduction of a co-management strategy, 1999) Amarasinghe, U.S.; de Silva, S.S.
    The inland fisheries of Sri Lanka are essentially artisanal on most of the reservoirs in the country. The annual inland fish production declined dramatically after 1990, when state patronage for the development of the inland fisheries was discontinued for 4 years. This decline was shown to be a result of growth overfishing of the two dominant cichlid species which accounted for over 90% of landings. This was a result of using small mesh (?