... occurring at Port Elizabeth in South Africa, 8 000km (5 000 miles) away from the epicentre. The current estimated death countis anywhere from 228,000 to 310,000 people are thought to have died as a result of the tsunami, and the figures are still increasing as this is written. In Indonesia in particular, 500 bodies a day were still being found in February 2005 and the count was expected to continue past June. The real death toll will never be fully known due to bodies having been swept out to sea. The economic impact is huge, the impact is felt most in coastal area's. Fishing communities and fisherfolk, some of the poorest people in the region, have been devastated with high losses of income as well as material damage, i.e. boats and fishing gear. In Sri Lanka's coastal areas, for example, artisanal fishery is an important source of fish for local ...

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