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CEYLON 1953 (SRI LANKA from 1972). Fishermen hauling their beach-seine
1953 (exact date unknown). Ceylon (Sri Lanka from 1972). Fishermen hauling their beach-seine on an island off the north coast of Ceylon. These nets, which are a mile long, take as much as two hours to haul and need thirty men to do the work.
01/01/1953
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Sri Lanka
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©FAO/Alan Glanville
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Background Information
In Ceylon there were about 60,000 people whose main occupation was fishing yet they only took about 30,000 tons of fish per year - an average of about 20 lbs, per week per fisherman. At the end of 1951 there was not a single motor-powered fishing boat in operation except for one steam trawler. At that time FAO sent a master fisherman, and later a marine engineer to the country to advise on mechanization of the industry.
At the end of six months the fisherman all jumped at the opportunity to buy engines and other Ceylonese fishermen also clamoured for motors. 40 small diesel engines were provided under the Colombo Plan and sold to the fishermen on easy terms and a number of private firms started selling engines to the fisherman.