Sri Lanka, March 25 -- The Ceylon Fisheries Corporation has accelerated the purchasing of fish from fishermen, the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Ministry said today,
It said a programme to buy fish from the owners of fishing vessels commenced at Dickovita Fisheries Harbour on Tuesday and this would be extended to all other fisheries harbours in the next couple of days. Minister Douglas Devananda visited the harbour to inspect the progress of this project.
The release said that Minister Douglas Devananda would discuss with the President and the Prime Minister and put in place a mechanism shortly to speed up fish purchases from fishing vessels.
This assurance came in the wake of complaints from some Fisheries Associations that they have ...