Fighting over fish

Photo: Anupama Ganegoda Fishermen working in the shallow waters off Batticaloa in Sri Lanka complain that their catch has gone down with the arrival of multi-day fishing trawlersCOLOMBO, 16 October 2009 (IRIN) - The seas off Batticaloa in the country's former war-torn east are home to one of the most fertile spawning grounds off Sri Lanka, and fishermen rarely had to travel far for a good