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Fisheries

Sri Lanka Navy nabs fishermen engaged in illegal fishing

Navy operations to combat illegal fishing with a view to supporting legal fishing activities

May 18, 2024 1 min read

Japan grants US$3mn for inland cage aquaculture, hatcheries in Sri Lanka

The funds will establish four community-operated mini hatcheries in Batticaloa, Mullaitivu, Anuradhapura and Monaragala

April 25, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lankan fishermen released from Myanmar prison on Burmese new year

15 fishermen taken into custody by Myanmar authorities sentenced to 7 years rigorous imprisonment given general amnesty

April 17, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka to import sailfish from Singapore

Supply of thalapath does not meet local demand, especially from hospitals.

March 13, 2024 1 min read
Sri Lanka to start insurance scheme for fishermen

Accident insurance coverage for those engaged in fishing

Sri Lanka President speaks about illegal fishing by Indian boats in North

Northern fishermen have repeatedly complained over Indian bottom trawling

Sri Lanka to re-build Myliddy fishery harbour in former warzone

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed a quick rehabilitation program to re-build a fishery harbho...

December 8, 2017 1 min read

India bans registration of bottom trawlers to stop poaching in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – India has banned fresh registration of bottom trawlers in the Palk Bay area as part of measures to ...

October 17, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka - Norway firm gets 150ha for marine aquaculture

Global Ceylon Seafood (Pvt) Ltd will be leased a 150 hectare area in Koddiyar in Sri Lanka's Trincomalee district for a ...

September 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka marine resource survey with Norwegian aid

ECONOMYNEXT – A Norwegian research vessel, Dr Fridtjof Nansen, is to sail in Sri Lankan waters to assist the isla...

August 18, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka sea food exports to EU up 171-pct in November

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s seafood exports to the European Union are continuing their rapid recovery since ...

March 13, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka sea food exports to EU up 200-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s exports of sea food to the European Union, which accounts for about 28.7 per cen...

January 11, 2017 1 min read

India, Sri Lanka to intensify patrols to prevent poaching

ECONOMYNEXT – India and Sri Lanka agreed to intensify cooperation on patrolling to prevent poaching by Indian fis...

January 2, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka to declare fish habitats as protected zones

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka intends to better protect fish habitats around the island by declaring them as protected ...

May 10, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka raises fines in fisheries inspections

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has decided to double fines on fishing boat operators who try to obstruct inspections by ...

April 27, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka expects to resume fishery exports to EU in July

ECOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has a welcomed a decision by the European Commission to rec...

April 22, 2016 2 min read
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EU to lift ban on Sri Lanka fish exports

ECONOMYNEXT - The European Commission had recommended that a ban on fish exports from Sri Lanka to the European Union be...

April 21, 2016 1 min read

India to gift 150 boats, equipment to northern Sri Lanka fishermen

ECONOMYNEXT – India is to gift 150 boats and fishing equipment to 300 fishermen of Mullaithivu, in northern Sri L...

April 3, 2016 1 min read

China wants to invest in Sri Lanka fisheries

ECONOMYNEXT – China wants to import more fish from Sri Lanka and invest in increasing the island's fisheries prod...

March 31, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka seafood exporters eye China market under FTA

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan exporters have asked the government to take up an import tariff charged by China on seaf...

March 18, 2016 2 min read

Australia launches ‘Blue Economy Challenge’ in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT - The Australian High Commission has launched the Blue Economy Challenge in Sri Lanka, part of an Indian Oce...

March 9, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to change law governing foreign fishing vessels

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka will change the law on governing the operation of foreign fishing vessels in Sri Lankan waters, ...

November 10, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka aims to raise inland fisheries production

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka plans to double inland fisheries production by supporting aquaculture to make up for dwi...

Rohan Gunasekera
September 9, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka seafood exports dive 36-pct in first half after EU ban

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka seafood exports dived 36 percent to 85.8 million US dollars in the first six months of 2015 from...

August 21, 2015 1 min read

Sri Lanka deters illegal fishing with observers on vessels

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka expects a European Union ban on fish exports to be lifted next year, having complied with...

July 17, 2015 1 min read

Hayleys, UNDP promote seaweed farming in northern Sri Lanka

COLOMBO (EconomyNext) – Hayleys Aquagri Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Hayleys group, has partnered with the United N...

June 19, 2015 2 min read