Global Aquaculture Fund Vital
SRI LANKA - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) to consider setting up a global fund for responsible aquaculture.

Investment board pledges to promote ornamental exports
SRI LANKA - The Chairman and Director General of the Sri Lanka Board of Investment (BOI) Dhammika Perera said that the facilities to promote the production of ornamental fish would be provided in the proposed special economic zone in Puttalam.

Sri Lanka looks to double Aquaculture Production
SRI LANKA - The National Aquaculture Development Authority (NAQDA) aims to double inland aquaculture fish production in Sri Lanka, writes L. S. A. Wedaarachchi, Sunday Observer.

Sri Lanka firms plans $200m shrimp farms in Nigeria
SRI LANKA - Sulalanka Nigeria Ltd, said it has concluded plans to lead a consortium of foreign firms, based in Sri Lanka to invest about $200 million in the nation’s aquaculture shrimp farm, in southwestern part of the country.

Towards a blue revolution
SRI LANKA - Aquaculture has rapidly developed in freshwater environments, mainly in Asia, over the last two and half decades. Today, China is the leading producer in freshwater aquaculture in Asia and in the world. It alone provides 78 percent of the...