Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is positioning itself as an emerging player in the Indian Ocean seaweed economy, following its participation at the seventh India International Seaweed Expo and Summit 2026 held at…

Despite the struggles of some of barramundi’s most ambitious farmers, production of the species continues to grow, as does innovation in the sector.

Hasamini Thilakarathne may be the first female marine aquaculture specialist in Sri Lanka, where she's managing Oceanpick's barramundi hatchery and nursery, and aims to break barriers and shatter…

Seafood production has become a globalised industry and many countries have seafood industries that are being buoyed by overseas migrant workers – hard-working people who left their home countries,…

The Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP), an intergovernmental fisheries advisory body, is using art to raise public awareness of the instrumental role women play in fish cultivation in South Asia in a…

Oceanpick, which is on track to produce 1,200 tonnes of barramundi this year and is one of Sri Lanka’s flagship aquaculture producers, has ambitions to reach 3,000 tonnes a year.

Taprobane Seafood’s Tim O’Reilly faced a four-year approval process and significant protests when introducing Litopenaeus vannamei to Sri Lanka – but has since found that his eco-certified shrimp are…

Leading vannamei shrimp producers from Guatemala, Venezuela and Sri Lanka – as well as some of the new generation of RAS and biofloc farmers – are set to discuss their operations at a special session…

Stirling’s Women in STEM fellowships are open to applicants from South Asia and will focus on aquaculture diseases, sustainable ways to intensify production, aquatic ecosystem health and…

A database to help people in Commonwealth countries be aware of, and access, more than £126 million of international funding for ocean-related projects - including many relevant to the aquaculture…

Tilapia living in crowded aquaculture ponds or small freshwater reservoirs adapt so well to these stressful environments that they stop growing and reproduce at a smaller size than their stress-free…

Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) has acquired a 75 percent stake in a Sri Lankan-based shrimp producer, Lotus Aquaculture.

SRI LANKA - The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development is seeking technical assistance from Norway to formulate a National Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy for Sri Lanka.

SRI LANKA - Rs. 2400 million has been allocated for the development of fresh water fisheries under the programme of food security, announced Fisheries Minister Mahinda Amaraweera.

SRI LANKA - Kuwait has expressed its interest in partnering with the Sri Lankan fishery industry and excepting fish exports from the country.

SRI LANKA - The Government of Sri Lanka is taking steps to set up a project to manufacture fish meal for export market. This project will be set up in Mannar.

SRI LANKA - Sri Lanka is expected to impose a fishing ban in the Southern waters and a no-fly zone over the southern sky in preparation for the fall of mysterious space object WT 1190F near its…

SRI LANKA - The central Indian government has informed parliament that it is working towards evolving a permanent solution for the Tamil fishermen issue and that the External Affairs Ministry is…

SRI LANKA - Global Sea Foods, a leading seafood processing company based in Sri Lanka, has passed two new Friend of the Sea sustainability certification inspections.

The aquaculture industry is undergoing a significant change, and one that presents a tough challenge to overcome. In Canada, fisheries along the west coast have been losing millions of pounds worth…

SRI LANKA - The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry will launch a number of development projects in the fisheries sector under the 2015 budget proposals.

SIR LANKA - The right of passage for Sri Lankan fishermen through Maldivian waters as a means of access to the high seas was among the matters taken up by Professor G.L. Peiris, Minister of External…

SRI LANKA - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)has helped to set up an Aquaculture Fund known as "Mahinda Rajapaksa Global Aquaculture Fund".

Ceylon Fresh Seafood (Pvt) Ltd has successfully undergone Friend of the Sea renewal audit for yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) and obtained Friend of the Sea second certification for swordfish…

SRI LANKA - Sri Lanka is aiming to double its fish exports by 2016.

SRI LANKA - A joint venture project between Sri Lankan company Oceanpick and Kames Fish Farming Ltd of Scotland has seen the launch of the first marine fish farm in Sri Lanka.

SRI LANKA - One of the sectors targeted by the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI) is Aquaculture to boost the countrys fisheries production.