Sri Lanka National Report to the Scientific Committee of the Indian Ocean - Tuna Commission, 2019 - Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR), Sri Lanka

The use of fishing gear in multipurpose vessels is determined based on the availability of fish, climate condition, the availability of the bait, skill of the crew etc. [...] Map of the distribution of fishing effort, by gear type for the national fleet in the IOTC area of competence (average of the 5 previous years e.g. [...] Map of distribution of fishing catch, by species for the national fleet, in the IOTC area of competence (average of the 5 previous years e.g. [...] 10 status Olive ridley turtle Green turtle Log head turtle Howkbil turtle Leatherback Turtle GN L L PSRN GN LL PSRN GN LL PSRN GN LL PSRN GN LL PSRN 2014 Live 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 Live 0 0 0 16 5 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dead 0 0 0 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2016 Live 0 0 0 99 93 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dead 0 0 0 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2017 Live 316 30 0 5. [...] o Final report of the cruise track (map) of the vessel IOTC–2019–SC21–NRXX Page 20 of 26 The cruise tracks data of VMS are being manually cross checked with the Log sheet data submitted on the arrival and results of reconciliation is reported in a standard format.