The Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Development Ministry of Sri Lanka encourages foreign investors to upgrade the fisheries sector in the Northern and the Eastern Provinces.
Rs 100 million will be allocated by the Government to develop the industry in the Mulathivu District alone. Fisheries minister Douglas Devananda participated in an official tour in the Mulathivu District and discussed the issues of the sector with officials and members of the fisheries societies recently.
The Minister said that livelihoods of the fisheries community will be uplifted with the new development schemes in the district.
He said that new laws and regulations will be formulated to repeal old ones that hinder development. Fishing folk in Mutathivu undergo numerous difficulties due to illegal fishing methods being used extensively in several areas, the Minister said. He said that the fishing community will be facilitated in such a way that they can carry out their livelihoods sans difficulties.
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