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Giant freshwater prawn contributes to income enhancement of inland fishers-BY NIMAL WIJESINGHE Source:Sundayobserver Inland fisheries are crucial for many socially, economically and nutritionally vulnerable groups of people around the world. The increasing recognition of inland fisheries in development discourses has also encouraged research to enhance knowledge on the importance of inland fisheries. Increasing domestic demand for fish and fishery products in the countries of the southern hemisphere, such as Thailand, Indonesia and China that has been driven by the confluence of urbanisation, and rising incomes of people triggered by the international trade under the open economic policy, prompted concerns about food and nutritional security linked to fish and fishery products. ...