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The Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana

New Democratic Front· Kalutara· 1 March 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Fishery Harbours Development and Multi-Day Vessel Operations (Q.2/2025)

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Rohitha Abeygunawardhana asked the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources to provide details on Sri Lanka’s fishery harbours, including their number and development measures. He also sought separate figures for registered, active, and inactive multi-day and one-day fishing vessels, and asked what measures had been taken to develop the fishing industry.

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¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources:

¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House the— (i) number of fishery harbours in Sri Lanka; (ii) measures taken to develop those fishery harbours; (iii) number of multi-day fishing vessels in Sri Lanka, the number of such vessels engaged in fishing activities and the number not engaged at present, separately; (iv) number of one-day fishing vessels in Sri Lanka, the number of such vessels engaged in fishing activities and the number not engaged at present, separately; and (v) measures taken by now to develop the fishing industry?

¶ 03 (b) If not, why?

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Hansard, Saturday, 1 March 2025 ·No. 1741955797040395 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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