Alternative resilient livelihood option for fisher-folks tsunami victims

3.2 Recommendations
• Any commercial development in this direction needs further studies along with other water
quality parameters. These observations call for an immediate focus on the effective
monitoring water quality parameters during the farming period.
• Arrangement of marketing facilities.
• Government participation in internal promotional activities.
• Arrangement with the help of international agencies for the training of professional for cage
culture and processing techniques
• Research activities to be given importance.
Acknowledgment
We would like to express our profound gratitude to Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA) for their financial assistance. We are indebted to convey our heartfelt thanks to the residents
of the Paalameenmadu for their kind Corporation and valuable help in various ways to carry out the
project work successfully.
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