Low Socio-Economic Status Among Coastal Fishing Families in Southern Sri Lanka
Table 6:
Activity | Number of fishermen | % |
Only fishing in the sea and river | 318 | 66.0 |
Preparation dried fish | 33 | 6.8 |
Repair, replace and damage equipment | 23 | 4.8 |
Breeding fish in the lagoon | 2 | 0.4 |
Business | 35 | 7.3 |
Home gardening | 25 | 5.2 |
Paid labour | 46 | 9.5 |
Total | 482 | 100.0 |