date:Aug 15, 2012
increased up to 59,560 tons.
It is 13.6 per cent out of the country's annual fish production. These industries makes a two percent contribution to the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as well, the minister explained.
Sri Lanka has a coastal belt of 1770 kilo meters, 300,000 hectares of inland water reservoirs, 160,000 hectares of lagoons and 103 rivers. Accordingly the fisheries industry fulfills around 70 per cent out of the total animal protein requirement of the country and 46 per cen