Blast fishing is widely practiced in the seas around Sri Lanka, with even marine parks and historical shipwrecks not immune to this illegal practice. Authorities say blast fishers work as part of ...

Blast fishing not only destroys marine flora, as the report explains, it can also affect the generation of fish, leading to shortages that are affecting the livelihoods of fishers in Salpayaru and ...

Blast fishing — the act of using explosives underwater to kill entire schools of fish with shock waves — has been a widespread problem in the Philippines for decades. Although a few fishermen ...

Unable to swim with a ruptured swim bladder, fish injured by an underwater concussive blast slowly sink to the bottom of the sea. (Image courtesy of Dharshana Jayawardena) In 2020, six people from ...

(Mongabay) It was a perfect morning in Pigeon Island National Park in eastern Sri Lanka, where a group of tourists in a boat was taking in the rich marine life in the water around them. All of a ...

According to the Coral Reef Alliance, blast fishing — which is now illegal in many parts of the world, including Indonesia — uses dynamite or homemade bombs to kill fish in bulk so they can be ...

The rich marine life off Tanzania's coast is coming under threat because of blast fishing - a technique using explosives that some fishermen use to maximise on their catch, writes the BBC's Gladys ...

Captain Tyler DeGraff was glad he had a seaworthy team fishing with him at the Boca Grande Bottom Blast Fishing Tournament. “I think there were about 20 boats originally signed up. But once the ...

MRM.Rasmi LL.B (OUSL) , LL.M in IECCL (R- UoC) Monday, 03 June 2024 08:15 AM Addressing the spike in blast fishing in Sri Lanka is crucial to preserving our marine ecosystems.

He estimated that the recent blast occurred only about 400 metres, or a quarter-mile, from his tour group. Any closer, Kehse said, it could have been a human tragedy, which would have dealt a ...