Dr. Sisira Haputhantri

Name :Dr. Sisira Haputhantri

Contact : sisirahaputhantri@yahoo.com

Academic qualifications:

  • Ph.D. in Fish Population Dynamics (trèshonorable (very honourable)),EcoleNationaleSuperieureAgronomique de Toulouse (ENSAT),France (2004).
  • MSc. in Industrial Mathematics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (2000).
  • BSc. Special in Mathematics (2nd class upperdivision), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (1994).

Experience

  • One year experience as an University Assistant Lecturer
  • Twenty years of experience as a Scientist
  • Five yearsof experience as a National Coordinator of a regional project (Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) project)

Fellowships, awards and distinctions

  • Awarded the Asian Development Bank (ADB) scholarship to study for a PhD atEcoleNationaleSuperieureAgronomique de Toulouse (ENSAT), France (2001).
  • Awarded United Nations University (UNU) Fellowship to follow the six month specialist training in marine and inland-waters resources assessment and monitoring at the Marine Research Institute (MRI) in Reykjavik, Iceland (2007).
  • Won the GOPAL KANJI PRIZE – 2009 (Runner up) for the best article published in the Journal of Applied Statistics in 2009 (Article: S.S.K. Haputhantri, J Moreau, and S Lek, 2009. Exploring gillnet catch efficiency of sardines in the costal waters of Sri Lanka by means of three statistical techniques: a comparison of linear and nonlinear modelling techniques. Vol.36, No. 2 pp 167-179).
  • Awarded Joint NAM S&T Centre – ZMT Bremen Fellowship in Tropical Coastal Marine Ecology to carry out a three month research at Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany (2010).
  • Received the Presidential Award for Scientific Research in 2007, 2008 and 2009 for the research paper titled ‘’ Trophic interactions in the coastal ecosystem of Sri Lanka: an ECOPATH preliminary approach” and published in 2008 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (2014).

 Professional memberships

  • Life member of the Sri Lanka association for the advancement of Science (SLAAS). 
  • Life member of the Sri Lanka association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (SLAFAR).
  • Member of the Senior Scientists Forum in Sri Lanka.

 Research interests

  • Assessment and management of pelagic fish
  • Population dynamics (marine fish)
  • Linear and non-liner modeling

International professional trainings

  • United Nations University (UNU) specialist training in marine and inland-waters resources assessment and monitoring held at Marine Research Institute (MRI) in Reykjavik, Iceland (six months: 2007/2008).
  • Joint NAM S&T Centre (Centre for Science and Technology of the non-aligned and other developing countries) – ZMT (Centre for Tropical Marine Research) Bremen Fellowship to carry out research at ZMT Bremen, Germany (three months: 2010).
  • KOICA Mariculture Training Programme held at Korean Maritime Institute (KMI), South Korea (ten days: 2012).
  • Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) project and Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) jointly organized advance stock assessment training workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand (five days: 2013).

Workshops/ seminars attended

  • GCRMN (Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network) South Asia training workshop on “Socio-Economic monitoring of coral reef uses". 15 -19 November 2000 held in Puttalam. Sri Lanka.
  • GCRMN South Asia training workshop in coral reef database data entry and management. 2-3 July 2001 held at NARA, Colombo 15. Sri Lanka.
  • International workshop on Fisheries and Aquatic research in Sri Lanka. 29- 31 March 2005 at NARA, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • BIMSTEC workshop on fisheries cooperation held on 8 – 10 May 2007 at Club Andaman Beach Resort, Phuket, Thailand.
  • International Conference on Tropical Aquatic Research Towards Sustainable Development held on 15th – 16th February, 2007 at NARA, Sri Lanka.
  • APFIC (Asia Pacific Fisheries Commission) and FAO (Food and Agriculture Oganization) regional consultative workshop on “Practical implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries and Aquaculture in the APFIC region” held on18-22 May 2009, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) project inception workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand on 3rd – 5th November, 2009.
  • Regional workshop on “Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) Best Practices and Lessons Learned” held in Hotel TajSamudra, Colombo on 28th and 29th July, 2010 under the aegis of the FAO’s Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) Project (GCP/RAS/236/GFF) and in collaboration with Ecosystems and Livelihoods Group II (ELG II) of IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
  • BOBLME project Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) consultation workshop held on 24-25 August 2010, at Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Regional consultation on Indian Ocean fisheries and tuna convened by Indian Ocean Maritime Affairs Co-operation (IOMAC) held on 7th – 12th February 2011 at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) 8th Session of the Compliance Committee (14 -16 March 2011) and 15th Session of the Commission (18 -23 March 2011) at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • IOTC working party on Billfish held on 4th – 08th July, 2011 at Victoria, Seychelles.
  • Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) project Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) confirmation and SAP development meetings held in Phuket, Thailand on 13th - 17th February, 2012.
  • Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) project partners meeting and annual regional work plan development meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand 28th February- 1st March, 2012
  • Indian mackerel Fisheries Assessment Working group meeting of the BOBLME project from 28th and 29th May 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Tenth Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s (IOTC) Working Party on Billfish (WPB) held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 11 to 15 September 2012.
  • Eighth Session of the IOTC Working Party on Ecosystems and Bycatchheld in Cape Town, South Africa, from 17–19 September, 2012.
  • The Second Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s (IOTC) Working Party on Neritic Tunas (WPNT02) held in Penang, Malaysia, from 19 to 21 November 2012.
  • IOTC Workshop on Management Options and the 2nd meeting of the Technical Committee on Allocation Criteria (TCAC) held in Oman from 16-20, February, 2013
  • Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) project annual regional work plan development meeting held in Phuket, Thailand on 27th – 28th February, 2013.
  • Inception workshop for MFF regional project of living resources of the Gulf of Mannar: Assessment of key species and habitats for enhancing awareness and for conservation policy formulation held in New Delhi, India on 30 - 31 May 2013.
  • Third Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Working Party on Neritic Tunas (WPNT 03) held in Bali, Indonesia, from 2 to 5 July 2013.
  • Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) project Ecosystem Characterisation meeting held in Phuket, Thailand on 10th- 12th February, 2014.
  • Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem (BOBLME) project Ecosystem Characterisation meeting II held in Bangkok, Thailand on 3rd - 6th November, 2014.
  • Sixteenth Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Tropical Tuna Working Party held in Bali, Indonesia on 15-19 November, 2014.
  • Bali Tuna Conference held on 20th November, 2014 in Bali, Indonesia.
  • North-East Indian Ocean regional workshop to facilitate the description of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) held from 23 to 27 March 2015 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • International Seminar and Technical Training Programme on length based spawning potential: A new approach to assessing and managing data poor fisheries held on 11th and 12th August 2015 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Thirteenth Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s (IOTC) Working Party on Billfish (WPB) held in Olhão, Portugal from 1 to 5 September 2015.
  • Final BOBLME Project Steering Committee meeting held in Phuket, Thailand from 16th to 19th November, 2015.
  • BOB- IGO Technical Advisory Committee meeting held in Chennai. India from 20th -23rd December, 2016.
  • Sixth session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Working Party on Neritic Tunas (WPNT 06) held in Mahe, Seychelles from 21–24 June 2016.
  • IOTC and CITES shark data mining workshop held in Mahe, Seychelles from 2–4 November, 2016
  • 18th session of IOTC Working Party on Tropical Tunas (IOTC WPTT) held at Victoria, Seychelles from 5-10 November, 2016
  • 7th session of IOTC Working Party on Methods (IOTC WPM) held at Victoria, Seychelles from 11-13, November, 2016.
  • Indian Ocean coastal states meeting for discussing the proposal submitted by nine coastal states including Sri Lanka on the allocation of fishing opportunities for IOTC species held in Maldives from 15-17 August 2017.
  • 19th session of IOTC Working Party on Tropical Tunas (IOTC WPTT) held at Victoria, Seychelles from 13-15, October 2017.
  • 8th session of IOTC Working Party on Methods (IOTC WPM) held at Victoria, Seychelles from 17-22, October 2017.

Publications

Full papers published in refereed journals and proceedings etc.

  • Wilhelmsson, D., S.K. Haputhantri, A. Rajasuriya, and S.P. Vidanage, 2002. Monitoring the trends of marine ornamental fish collection in Sri Lanka. In Linden, O., Souter, D., Wilhelmsson, D. and Obura, D. (eds.). Coral reef degradation in the Indian Ocean, Status report 2002. CORDIO & University of Kalmar, Sweden. pp. 158 –166.
  • Haputhantri, S.S.K, A simple method for determining optimal fishing strategies using Beverton and Holt yield per recruit model in fish stocks with parameter uncertainties. Journal of the National Science Council of Sri Lanka, 34(3): 125-129.
  • Haputhantri, S.S.K. and P.A.A.T. Jayawardena, 2006. Predictive models for penaeid shrimp abundance in the seas off Negombo and Hendala, Sri Lanka. Fisheries Research, 77: 34-44.
  • Haputhantri, S.S.K., C.S. Villanueva and J. Moreau, 2008. Trophic interactions in the coastal ecosystem of Sri Lanka: an ECOPATH preliminary approach. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science. 76: 304 – 318.
  • Haputhantri, S.S.K., Moreau and S. Lek, 2009. Exploring gillnet catch efficiency of sardines in the coastal waters of Sri Lanka by means of three statistical techniques: a comparison of linear and non-linear modeling techniques. Journal of Applied Statistics. 36: 167 - 179.
  • Haputhantri, S.K. and R. Maldeniya, 2011. A review on billfish fishery resources in Sri Lanka. IOTC–2011–WPB09–28.
  • Haputhantri S.S.K, 2012. Analysis of billfish landings made by small fresh tuna longline vessels operated from Sri Lanka during 2005 – 2009. IOTC–2012–WPB10–09. Tenth Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Billfish Working Party.
  • Hasarangi D.G.N., Maldeniya R. and Haputhantri S.S.K, 2012 A Review on Shark Fishery Resources in Sri Lanka, IOTC–2012–WPEB08–15. Eighth Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Ecosystems and By Catch Working Party.
  • Haputhantri, S.S.K. and Bandaranayake, K.H.K. 2013. Analysis of Kawakawa (Euthynnis affinis) landings in Sri Lanka and estimation of the length-weight and length-length relationships. WPNT-03. Third Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Neritic Tuna Working Party.
  • Perera H.A.C.C,Haputhantri, S.S.K. and Bandaranayake, K.H.K. 2013. A review on oceanic tuna fishery in Sri Lanka and estimation of the length-weight relationships for yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna. IOTC-2013-WPTT 15-16Fifteen Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Tropical Tuna Working Party.
  • Haputhantri, S.S.K., 2014. Analysis of skipjack tuna (Katsuwonuspelamis) landings made by Sri Lankan fishing vessels operated during 2005-2012 with special reference to the nature of the fishing operations.  IOTC–2014–WPTT16–32. Sixteenth Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Tropical Tuna Working Party.
  • Warsha Singh, GudmundurThordarson, SisiraHaputhantriand Gunnar Stefansson, 2014.Optimized sampling strategies for identifying models in length-frequency distributions. Communications in Statistics- simulation and computation. DOI:10/1080/03610918.2014.930903.
  • Athukoorala, A.A.S.H., Bandaranayaka K.H.K. and S.S.K. Haputhantri, 2015. A study on some aspects of reproductive biology and population characteristics of Ambligastersirm in the west coast of Sri Lanka. International journal of fisheries and aquatic studies. 2(4): 41-45.
  • Haputhantri, S.S.K. and H.A.C.C. Perera, 2015. Estimate length-weight relationship and some morphometric relationships of Indo-Pacific Sailfish (Istiophorusplatypterus) using biological data of gillnet fishery and longline fishery in Sri Lanka IOTC–2015–WPB 13–22
  • Jayathilaka R.A.M., Haputhanthri S.S.K. and Perera H.A.C.C., 2016. Identification of thirteen pelagic shark species of the Indian ocean occurring around Sri Lanka; using morphological characters of their fins.  IOTC-2016- WPEB 12-23. 12th IOTC working party on Ecosystems and By-catch.
  • Haputhantri, S.S.K., 2016. Exploring gear-vessel catch efficiency of frigate tuna (Auxisthazard)in tuna fishery of Sri Lanka. IOTC-2016- WPNT 06 – 20. Sixth Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Working Party on Neritic Tuna.
  • Rathnasuriya M.I.G., Gunasekara S.S., Haputhanthri S.S.K. and Rajapaksha J.K. 2016. Environmental preferences of Billfish in Bay of Bengal: A case study in longline fishery of Sri Lanka. IOTC-WPB14-10. 14th IOTC working party on Billfish.
  • Haputhantri S.S.K., 2016. Temporal and operational effects on the catch rates of Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonuspelamis) in gillnet fishery of Sri Lanka. IOTC–2016–WPTT18–30. 18th IOTC working party on tropical tuna.
  • R.A.M. Jayathilaka, Perera, H.A.C.C. and Haputhanthri, S.S.K., 2017.13th session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Working Party on Ecosystems and By-catch.
  • Haputhanthri S.S.K., 2017. Relationship between skipjack tuna CPUE and fishing operation related parameters: A case study for the gillnet fishery of Sri Lanka. IOTC–2017–WPTT 19–45. 19th IOTC working party on tropical tuna.

Abstracts (Recently published)

  • Ranmadugala, D.N.A., Haputhantri, S.S.K. and Kiyaz, M., 2013. Morphological and molecular identification of Decapterus sp. (Scad) from Sri Lankan waters. NARA scientific session-2013. NARA, Sri Lanka.
  • Bandaranayake, K.H.K.Perera, H.A.C.C andHaputhantri, S.S.K., A study on some aspects of reproductive biology and morphometrics of Indian Mackerel (Rastrelligerkanagurata) in Sri Lankan waters. NARA scientific session-2013. NARA, Sri Lanka.
  • Athukoorala, A.A.S.H., Bandaranayaka K.H.K., Haputhantri, S.S.K. A study on some aspects of reproductive biology and population characteristics of Ambligastersirm (Herrings) in the west coast of Sri Lanka. International conference on Fisheries and Aquaculture. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Bandaranayake, K.H.K, Nirbadha K.G.S., Rathnasuriya, M.I.G., Athukoorala, A.S.H., Perera H.A.C.C., Weerasekera, S.J.W.W.M.M.PandHaputhantri, S.S.K., 2016. Integrating some aspects of reproductive biology into the management of Blue Swimming Crab (Portunuspelagicus) fishery in the Northern Coastal Waters of Sri Lanka. SLAFAR scientific session-2016. NARA, Sri Lanka.
  • Haputhantri, S.S.K., Nirbadha, K.G.S, Bandaranayake, K.H.K., Rathnasuriya, M.I.G., Athukoorala, A.S.H., Jayathilaka, R.A.M.and Weerasekera, S.J.W.W.M.M.P., 2016. A morphometric analysis of Blue Swimming Crabs (Portunuspelagicus) in the Northern Coastal Waters of Sri Lanka.  SLAFAR scientific session-2016. NARA, Sri Lanka.
  • Nirbadha, K.G.S., Bandaranayake, K.H.K., Rathnasuriya, M.I.G., Haputhantri, S.S.K, Weerasekera, S.J.W.W.M.M.P.,and Athukoorala, A.S.H., 2016. Feeding habits and food composition of adult Blue Swimming Crabs (Portunuspelagicus) in the Northern Coastal Waters of Sri Lanka. SLAFAR scientific session-2016. NARA, Sri Lanka..
  • P.P.K. Jayasinghe and S.S.K. Haputhanthi, 2016. Impact of morning and evening fishing on herring (Amblygastersirm): A case study in Chilaw, Sri Lanka. NARA scientific session-2016. NARA, Sri Lanka.
  • G.T.P. Wijesinghe and S.S.K. Haputhantri, 2016. Length-Length and Length-Weight relationships of Blue Spotted Stingray (Dasyatiskuhlii) (Muller and Henle, 1841) from West Coast of Sri Lanka. NARA scientific session-2016. NARA, Sri Lanka.
  • A.C.C. Perera, S.S.K. Haputhantri and R.A.M. Jayathilake, 2016. Food habits of the silky shark Carcharhinusfalciformis in Sri Lankan waters. NARA scientific session-2016. NARA, Sri Lanka.
  • I.G. Rathnasuriya, S.J.W.W.M.M.P. Weerasekera, K.G.S. Nirbadha, K.H.K. Bandaranayake, A.S.H. Athukoorala, A.A.G.D.Upeksha and S.S.K.Haputhantri, 2016 “Study on the prevalence of the Sacculinid crustacean (Heterosaccusdollfusi) parasite on Blue Swimming Crab (Portunuspelagicus) population in Northern Coastal Waters of Sri Lanka” 23nd Annual Scientific Sessions, Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Colombo, Sri Lanka.