Abstract:
Relationship between food security and fisheries resources are important to be
considered in Kalpitiya area. The study area is highly rich in fisheries resource. A
major fishing ground with a lagoon is located in Kalpitiya area. The study area has
minimum opportunity to crop and livestock based agriculture. The people living in
this area totally depend on seasonal fishing. Due to seasonal fish abundance
resulting in imbalanced financial gain, over exploitation and illegal fishing with
political influence seriously damage this fisheries resource. Catch data, off season
effect and the illegal fishing details indicated that all the villages show significant
variation in seasonal fish catch. To fulfill the minimum needs and gain maximum
benefit fishermen intensify fishing pressure through illegal fishing. The study
results showed that food security issue is directly correlated with illegal fishing
intensity.
