Ban on illegal fishing sees increase in Jaffna fish cultivation
Ridma DISSANAYAKE
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Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa distributing
fishing equipment among the fishing community in Jaffna
district. Ministers Dr. Rajitha Senaratne and Douglas
Devananda are also in the picture. |
The banning of illegal fishing equipment and vessels by the Fisheries
and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry has seen an increase in small
fish cultivation in the Jaffna district and other parts of the country,
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr.Rajitha
Senaratne said.
Minister Senaratne was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the
Jaffna District Fishery Association at Weerasingham hall, Jaffna.
Jaffna has 19,744 fisher families while it has 84,963 fisheries
communities. Jaffna District Fisheries Association has 8,241 fishermen
as members. The Fisheries Ministry has spent Rs 8.6 million to
distribute fishing nets among 156 fishermen while loans were also
distributed among fishermen under the “Diyawara Diriya” loan scheme,
introduced by the Fisheries Ministry along with the Bank of Ceylon. |
