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"It is a matter of happiness that the Ceylon Fishery Corporation which had been downcast due to inefficiency is getting updated to suit modernity. Fishery Corporation outlets with high quality are being established all over the country. We can change the bad image the fishermen and thre consumers had about the Ceylon Fisheries Corporation."
The Ministry of Fisheries and the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources are making arrangements to introduce a new Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act in accordance with the directives and guidance of His Excellency the President, Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Minister of Fisheries, Mr. Douglas Devananda, and State Minister of Fisheries, Mr. Piyal Nishantha, with the goal of developing the fisheries sector and the sustainable harvesting through the long-term conservation and the management of fisheries and aquatic resources by repealing the existing Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act No.02 of 1996.
The Ministry of Fisheries has planned to hold the celebration of the International Fisheries Day which falls on November 21 in Jaffna.
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