881/2020
Hon. (Dr.) Suren Raghavan, — To ask the Minister of Fisheries,—
(a) Will he inform this House—
(i) the annual demand for fish in Sri Lanka;
(ii) the extent locally produced and the extent imported, separately, to meet that demand;
(iii) the extent of fish production in the Northern and Eastern Provinces in the year 1982 as a percentage of the total volume of fish produced in Sri Lanka; and
(iv) the reasons for not being able to produce at present a harvest as large as that produced in those Provinces in the year 1982, although 11 years has elapsed since the end of war in the Northern and Eastern Provinces?
(b) Will he also inform this House—
(i) the reasons for not constructing fishery harbours in the identified areas of the Northern Province;
(ii) the number of fishery harbours constructed in the other Provinces of the country during the past 15 years;
(iii) what the progress of construction of the Point Pedro Fishery Harbour is;
(iv) the nature of the aid received from the Asian Development Bank for this and the reasons for suspension of that aid by now; and
(v) the reasons for constructing this Harbour from the loans given by Norway and Denmark?
(vi) the additional benefits received through that?
(c) If not, why?
Asked Date
2021-01-08
Asked by
Hon. (Dr.) Suren Raghavan, M.P.
Ministry
Fisheries
Legislature
Ninth Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
Fishing industry in North
Answered Date
2021-11-15
Answered by
Hon. Kanchana Wijesekera, M.P.
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