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Fisheries Ministry to update outdated regulations

27 Jul 2021

The Fisheries Ministry has decided to update the outdated regulations and consult with the fishermen every two months to learn of their prevailing issues. A meeting was held at the Ministry of Fisheries this morning on the problems of the fishing community and coastal and marine environmental issues. The meeting was held with Kanchana Wijesekera, State Minister of Fisheries and Mohan de Silva, Minister of State for Coast Conservation and Low Land Development and officials of the Coast Conservation Department under his Ministry, officials of the Marine Environment Protection Authority and the Department of Fisheries and Fisheries Harbor Corporation, Fisheries Harbor and Ferry Issues Addressing the gathering, the two State Ministers said that the two Ministries would jointly look into the matters of the fishermen, update the outdated rules and regulations and consult with the Ministry officials every two months to discuss the progress of these discussions and for future developments.


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