The Hon. Ajith Gihan
Ajith Gihan questioned the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources on the role and performance of the National Aquaculture Development Authority in supporting freshwater fisheries, shrimp, and ornamental fish sectors. He sought details on past facilities provided, the number and capacity of fish and shrimp breeding centres, the availability of fry for aquaculture, any recent financial irregularities within the Authority, and whether a programme exists to develop the aquaculture sector.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources:
¶ 02 (a) (i) Whether he is aware that the National Aquaculture Development Authority (NAQDA) is responsible for freshwater fisheries, shrimp, and ornamental fish;
¶ 03 (ii) If so, whether the Authority has provided facilities to those sectors in past administrations;
¶ 04 (iii) The number of fish and shrimp breeding centres owned by the Authority; and
¶ 05 (iv) Whether the Authority has the capacity to provide sufficient fish and shrimp fry for aquaculture activities.
¶ 06 (b) (i) Whether financial irregularities have occurred recently within the Authority; and
¶ 07 (ii) Whether the Authority has a programme to develop the aquaculture sector.
¶ 08 (c) If not, why?
Provenance
- Source
- Hansard, Tuesday, 5 May 2026 ·No. 23546 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
- Page · column
- not yet extracted — page/column anchors are not in the current dataset; the source PDF is the citable location.
- Permalink
/lk/speeches/19752
Cite as: The Hon. Ajith Gihan. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 May 2026. No. 23546. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/19752