{"id":8003,"date":"2026-07-03T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=8003"},"modified":"2026-08-06T13:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T07:30:07","slug":"%e0%b7%81%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%bb%e0%b7%93-%e0%b6%bd%e0%b6%82%e0%b6%9a%e0%b7%8f%e0%b7%80-%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%84-%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b4%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%a4%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%a4%e0%b6%ba-%e0%b6%85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=8003","title":{"rendered":"Special agreement between Sri Lanka and Spain for fisheries cooperation and exchange of technical knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8003\" class=\"elementor elementor-8003\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b07bf3 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-1b07bf3-a1319da \" data-id=\"1b07bf3\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"1b07bf3\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e55aca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7e55aca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be90f94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be90f94\" 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\">3 July 2026<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8760d56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8760d56\" 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\">Special agreement between Sri Lanka and Spain for fisheries cooperation and exchange of technical knowledge<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39269ce elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"39269ce\" 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=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-03-at-21.36.11-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8007\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-03-at-21.36.11-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-03-at-21.36.11-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-03-at-21.36.11-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-03-at-21.36.11-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-03-at-21.36.11.jpeg 1600w\" 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-b2bc540 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2bc540\" 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>A special official meeting was held on today (03) between the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Counsellor of the Spanish Embassy, Juan Manuel Velasco Le\u00f3n, and the Secretary to the Ministry of Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources, Dr. B. K. Kolita Kamal Jinadasa, at the Ministry premises.<\/p><p>During the meeting, Spain, a leading nation in the tuna fishing industry in the Indian Ocean region, expressed its interest in strengthening fisheries cooperation with Sri Lanka. The discussions focused extensively on enhancing bilateral collaboration to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities in the Indian Ocean, while reaffirming the Sri Lankan Government\u2019s commitment to addressing the issue.<\/p><p>The Spanish representative also agreed to extend the necessary technical assistance to Sri Lanka in implementing the BBNJ Agreement and to support the development of human resources in the country&#8217;s fisheries sector.<\/p><p>Special attention was given to sharing Spain\u2019s advanced aquaculture technologies with Sri Lanka, particularly in mussel and oyster farming, as well as modern tuna fishing technologies, includingTuna and \u00a0purse seiner vessel operations and related fishing methods.<\/p><p>Senior officials from the Department of Fisheries and the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) also participated in the discussions. 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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=\"12820\">\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=\"12820\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=12820\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\u0db0\u0dd3\u0dc0\u0dbb \u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc2\u0dda\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dbb\u0dba\u0da7 \u0db1\u0dc0 \u0da2\u0dc0\u0dba\u0d9a\u0dca, \u0db1\u0dc0 \u0db4\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd3\u0db8\u0dca 112- \u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dbb \u0d85\u0dc0\u0dc3\u0dcf\u0db1\u0dba\u0dda \u0db0\u0dd3\u0dc0\u0dbb \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0db0\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dd3\u0db1\u0dca\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dd4\u0dbd\u0dd2 \u0dba\u0dad\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dd4\u0db4\u0dd0\u0daf\u0dd2<\/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=20260819\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAugust 19, 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=\"12814\">\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=\"12814\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=12814&amp;lang=ta\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bca\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0bb3\u0bbe\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0bb0 \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bc1\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbe\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc8 \u0bae\u0bc0\u0b9f\u0bcd\u0b9f\u0bc6\u0b9f\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0bae\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bc8 \u0bb5\u0bc6\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1 \u0b85\u0bb0\u0b9a\u0bbe\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bae\u0bcd &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b85\u0bae\u0bc8\u0b9a\u0bcd\u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0bb0\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba9 \u0b95\u0bae\u0b95\u0bc7<\/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=20260819\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAugust 19, 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=\"12809\">\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=\"12809\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=12809&amp;lang=si\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\u0daf\u0dd0\u0da9\u0dd2 \u0d86\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dae\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0d85\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db6\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dbb\u0da7 \u0d9c\u0ddc\u0da9\u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1 \u0da2\u0db1\u0dad\u0dcf \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc1\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc3\u0dba \u0daf\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dad\u0dca \u0d86\u0dab\u0dca\u0da9\u0dd4\u0dc0\u00a0 &#8211;\u00a0 \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dba\u0ddd\u0da2\u0dca\u200d\u0dba \u0d85\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba \u0dbb\u0dad\u0dca\u0db1 \u0d9c\u0db8\u0d9c\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=20260819\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAugust 19, 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=\"12802\">\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=\"12802\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=12802\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\u0daf\u0dd0\u0da9\u0dd2 \u0d86\u0dbb\u0dca\u0dae\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0d85\u0dbb\u0dca\u0db6\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dba\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0dbb\u0da7 \u0d9c\u0ddc\u0da9\u0d9c\u0dd9\u0db1 \u0da2\u0db1\u0dad\u0dcf \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc1\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dcf\u0dc3\u0dba \u0daf\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dad\u0dca \u0d86\u0dab\u0dca\u0da9\u0dd4\u0dc0 &#8211; \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dba\u0ddd\u0da2\u0dca\u200d\u0dba \u0d85\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dca\u200d\u0dba \u0dbb\u0dad\u0dca\u0db1 \u0d9c\u0db8\u0d9c\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=20260819\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAugust 19, 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=\"12795\">\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=\"12795\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=12795&amp;lang=ta\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">112 \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bb1\u0bcd\u0bb1\u0bca\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b89\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bcb\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bae\u0ba9\u0b95\u0bcd \u0b95\u0b9f\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bb4\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bb4\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bc1<\/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=20260819\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAugust 19, 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=\"12773\">\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=\"12773\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=12773\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\u0db1\u0dc0 \u0db0\u0dd3\u0dc0\u0dbb \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0db0\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca 112 \u0daf\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd9\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0da7 \u0db4\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd3\u0db8\u0dca \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dd0\u0db8\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=20260819\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAugust 19, 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=\"12790\">\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=\"12790\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=12790&amp;lang=si\" class=\"tpg-post-link\" target=\"_self\">\u0db1\u0dc0 \u0db0\u0dd3\u0dc0\u0dbb \u0db1\u0dd2\u0dbd\u0db0\u0dcf\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca 112 \u0daf\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dd9\u0d9a\u0dd4\u0da7 \u0db4\u0dad\u0dca\u0dc0\u0dd3\u0db8\u0dca \u0db4\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dd0\u0db8\u0dda..<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta-tags 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