Take to plastic, Rajitha tells fish sellers

Ridma Dissanayake

Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne instructed businessmen involved in selling fish at the Peliyagoda Fish Trade Centre to use plastic boxes to pack fish and not use wooden slabs to cut fish.

Minister Senaratne on an inspection tour of the Peliyagoda fish market recently, said he would give fish sellers seven days to to remove the wooden items in their stalls.

The minister also requested for stall licenses of fish stall owners. He banned the sale of fish in lorries at the market premises and taking ice out of the premises.

He told the authorities at the Peliyagoda Fish Trade Centre to implement the rules and regulations properly and keep the fish market premises clean.