{"id":12773,"date":"2026-08-19T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=12773"},"modified":"2026-08-25T15:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:51:10","slug":"%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%80-%e0%b6%b0%e0%b7%93%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%bb-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%b0%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%8a-112-%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%99%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=12773","title":{"rendered":"Appointments Awarded to 112 Newly Recruited Fisheries Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12773\" class=\"elementor elementor-12773\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e71500d e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-e71500d-cbf6a5e \" data-id=\"e71500d\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"e71500d\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc86e17 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dc86e17\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f074a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f074a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">19 August 2026<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3682e30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3682e30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Appointments Awarded to 112 Newly Recruited Fisheries Officers<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25ba56d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25ba56d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-19-at-16.40.39-1024x838.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12776\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-19-at-16.40.39-1024x838.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-19-at-16.40.39-300x246.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-19-at-16.40.39-768x628.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-19-at-16.40.39.jpeg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-704d7f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"704d7f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0d0d0d;\">The ceremony to award appointment letters to 112 newly recruited Fisheries Officers for 15 District Fisheries Offices was held today (19) at the Auditorium of the Colombo Postal Headquarters.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0d0d0d;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0d0d0d;\">The event, organized jointly by the Ministry of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources and the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, was held under the patronage of Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar and Deputy Minister Rathna Gamage.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0d0d0d;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0d0d0d;\">The main objective of these appointments is to further strengthen services in the fisheries sector and to ensure that government services provided to fishing communities at the district level are delivered more quickly and efficiently.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0d0d0d;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; color: #0d0d0d;\">Secretary to the Ministry of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources Dr. B. 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\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bae\u0ba9\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd&#8230;<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"tpg-flaticon-calendar \"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?m=20261005\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOctober 5, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-12 rt-col-sm-12 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-list-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"13805\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder \">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-right-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"13805\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=13805\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\u0da2\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0da2\u0dbd\u0da2\u0dd3\u0dc0\u0dd3 \u0dc0\u0d9c\u0dcf \u0dc3\u0d82\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db0\u0db1 \u0d85\u0db0\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dda (NAQDA) \u0dc3\u0dda\u0dc0\u0dba \u0dc1\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dad\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dad\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db8\u0da7 \u0db1\u0dc0 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0db0\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db1\u0dca 58 \u0d9a\u0da7 \u0db4\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd3\u0db8\u0dca&#8230;<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"tpg-flaticon-calendar \"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?m=20261005\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOctober 5, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-12 rt-col-sm-12 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-list-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"13777\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder \">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-right-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"13777\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=13777&amp;lang=ta\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0ba8\u0bc0\u0bb2\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9e\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bbf\u0b9a\u0bc8: &#8217;37\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbe \u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bc7\u0b9a \u0bb5\u0bbf\u0b9e\u0bcd\u0b9e\u0bbe\u0ba9 \u0b85\u0bae\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1&#8217; \u0b86\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bae\u0bcd!<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"tpg-flaticon-calendar \"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?m=20261002\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOctober 2, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-12 rt-col-sm-12 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-list-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"13772\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder \">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-right-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"13772\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=13772&amp;lang=si\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\u0dad\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dc3\u0dbb \u0db1\u0dd3\u0dbd \u0d86\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dae\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dba\u0d9a \u0d85\u0db1\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dad\u0dba \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dda \u0daf\u0dd2\u0dc1\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dad\u0dd2\u0dba: &#8217;37 \u0dc0\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dd2 \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dcf \u0da2\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0dad\u0dbb \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf \u0dc3\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dba&#8217; \u0d87\u0dbb\u0db9\u0dda!<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"tpg-flaticon-calendar \"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?m=20261002\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOctober 2, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-12 rt-col-sm-12 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-list-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"13757\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder \">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-right-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"13757\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=13757\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\u0dad\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dc3\u0dbb \u0db1\u0dd3\u0dbd \u0d86\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dae\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dba\u0d9a \u0d85\u0db1\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dad\u0dba \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dda \u0daf\u0dd2\u0dc1\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dad\u0dd2\u0dba: &#8217;37 \u0dc0\u0dd0\u0db1\u0dd2 \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dcf \u0da2\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0db1\u0dca\u0dad\u0dbb \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dca\u200d\u0dba\u0dcf \u0dc3\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dba&#8217; \u0d87\u0dbb\u0db9\u0dda!<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"tpg-flaticon-calendar \"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?m=20261002\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOctober 2, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-12 rt-col-sm-12 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-list-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"13752\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder \">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-right-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"13752\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=13752&amp;lang=ta\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bc8\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b92\u0bb0\u0bc1 \u0ba4\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bc8\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd&#8230;\u0ba4\u0bc0\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1\u0baa\u0bcd \u0baa\u0baf\u0ba3\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bcd \u0ba4\u0bca\u0b9f\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb5\u0ba4\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0bc1\u0ba9\u0bcd!<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"tpg-flaticon-calendar \"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?m=20261002\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOctober 2, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-12 rt-col-sm-12 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-list-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"13747\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder \">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail rt-el-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-right-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\"><h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a data-id=\"13747\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=13747&amp;lang=si\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\u0daf\u0dd2\u0dba\u0db9\u0dda \u0d9c\u0dd0\u0da7\u0dbd\u0dd4\u0dc0\u0dbd\u0da7 \u0d9c\u0ddc\u0da9\u0db6\u0dd2\u0db8\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca \u0dad\u0ddc\u0da7\u0dd4\u0db4\u0dc5\u0d9a\u0dca&#8230;\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0db3\u0dd4\u0db8\u0dca \u0dba\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dcf\u0dc0 \u0daf\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dad\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dbb\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0da7 \u0db4\u0dd9\u0dbb!.<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-tags rt-el-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"tpg-flaticon-calendar \"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?m=20261002\">\n\t\t\t\t\tOctober 2, 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"rt-col-md-12 rt-col-sm-12 rt-col-xs-12 default rt-list-item rt-grid-item\" data-id=\"13739\">\n\t<div class=\"rt-holder tpg-post-holder \">\n\t\t<div class=\"rt-detail 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