The Hon. Ramalingam Chandrasekar - Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources
The Minister moved for approval of regulations under the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act relating to the harvesting of mud-crabs, published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2371/32 and presented to Parliament in December 2025. He also noted that Parliament would consider regulations under the Fishermen’s Pension and Social Security Benefit Scheme Act and the 2019 Sri Lanka Fisheries Annual Report.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 [Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act: Regulations]
¶ 02 Hon. Speaker, today we are to debate two important sets of regulations under the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act. I move the first: “That the Regulations made by the then Minister under Section 61 of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act, No. 2 of 1996, published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2371/32 of 15.02.2024 and presented on 18.12.2025, be approved. (Cabinet approval obtained)”
¶ 03 These regulations pertain to the harvesting of mud-crabs. Similarly, we will take up the second motion on regulations made under Section 29 of the Fishermen’s Pension and Social Security Benefit Scheme Act, No. 23 of 1990, published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2428/13 of 19.03.2025 and presented on 18.12.2025, as well as the 2019 Sri Lanka Fisheries Annual Report.
¶ 04 Order, please! The Hon. Deputy Speaker will now take the Chair.
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