Open AccessCover Caption
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
conservation letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.153
H-Index - 79
ISSN - 1755-263X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-263x.2008.00001.x
Subject(s) - fishing , cover (algebra) , fishery , coral reef , geography , fish <actinopterygii> , herring , advertising , business , biology , engineering , mechanical engineering
Cover description: Traditional stilt fishers of Sri Lanka. The fishers sit on a crossbar called “petta” tied to a vertical pole planted in the coral reef. The main species targeted are spotted herring ( Herklotsichthys punctatus ) and bolla ( Rastrelliger kanagurta ). Up to 1000 fish can be caught per fisher per day, with management self‐imposed by the fishers. Stilt fishing is not only a fishing method—it has become a tourist attraction. There are some “fishermen” who earn a living mainly by posing for photographers. Photographer: Mitsuaki Iwago. Cover design by Autumn‐Lynn Harrison for the Society for Conservation Biology.