In Sri Lanka, there is a great potential for the development of culture-based fisheries because of the availability of around 12 000 non-perennial reservoirs in the dry zone (<187 cm annual rainfall) of the island. These ...

In tropical Asia, there is a general paucity of natural lakes that are mainly located in the island states of the Philippines and Indonesia. Reservoir construction is extensive in the region primarily for irrigation, flood ...

The presence of a wide areal extent of small-sized village reservoirs offers a considerable potential for the development of culture-based fisheries (CBFs) in Sri Lanka. To this end, this study uses geographical information ...