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SRI LANKA
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Oct 31, 1994 | From the print edition
The booming prawn
industry in Sri Lanka
has Worried environmentalists. They fear
that mangroves will
be destroyed to make way
for prawn farms and that prime
land will be encroached upon,
resulting in the destruction of fish
breeding grounds and damaging
biodiversity. Besides, the waste
from the enterprises will add to the
pollution.
The focus of the controversy is
the Chilaw lake in the northwestern
province, where prawn farmers
have set up many ponds of about 12
ha each. according to a Panos
report. These ponds yield about
50.000 prawns per ha. which sell for
approximately Rs 400 each in the US
and Japan.
