| dc.contributor.author | Media Team | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-25T04:30:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-06-25T04:30:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-11-05 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://archive.veriteresearch.org/handle/456/8258 | |
| dc.description | This Insight is originally published in the Daily Mirror 5 November 2014 (https://www.ft.lk/opinion/fishing-trespasses-a-legal-insight-for-better-economics/14-366121). Sinhala and Tamil versions are also included here. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The protracted dispute over fishing in the Palk Bay has been a feature of Indo-Lanka relations for decades. Both India and Sri Lanka regularly arrest fishermen for violating the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL). An estimated 2,000 Indian mechanised bottom trawlers enter Sri Lankan waters each day on at least three days of the week. Currently, there are two proposals under consideration to solve the problem. The first is to better police the IMBL and the second is to introduce a licensing regime. This analysis explains why neither proposal actually solves the problem, and introduces a better alternative: imposing a total ban on mechanised bottom trawling. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Colombo: Verité Research | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Verité Insights; November 2014 | |
| dc.subject | Fishing issue | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fishing issue - Protracted dispute over fishing in the Palk Bay | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fishing issue - Bottom trawlers | en_US |
| dc.subject | International Maritime Boundary Line - IMBL - Violation by fishermen | en_US |
| dc.subject | Econ Insights | en_US |
| dc.title | Fishing trespasses: A legal insight for better economics = අනවසර ධීවර ඇතුළුවීම්: යහපත් ආර්ථිකයක් සඳහා නෛතික දැක්මක් | en_US |
| dc.type | Insight | en_US |
