Workshop on acquaculture
View(s):The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce with its partners, AB Partners AS in the Sri Lanka-Norway Business Matchmaking Progamme (BMMP) organised a workshop at the CCC boardroom in Colombo recently on aquaculture in Sri Lanka.
Aquaculture is considered to be the predominant sector for future growth internationally and represents an interesting business opportunities for the private sector in Sri Lanka. In the international scene the aquaculture production is almost catching upwith the wild catch, the chamber said
The workshop was attended by the fish farming community, officials from the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, National Aquaculture Development Authority (NAQDA) National Aquatic Resources Research and Development authority (NARA), Universities and other organizations involved in fishery sector.
Jayantha Chandrasoma, Chairman of NAQDA made a very comprehensive presentation about the numerous types of aquaculture projects that are considered commercially viable in the sea and inland in Sri Lanka.
Fishery and Aquaculture Expert from Norway, Asbjorn Drenstig who conducted the workshop spoke about the huge strides Norway has made in this sector to become the world leader in technology. He also noted that this workshop originated from the findings from the delegation that visited Aqua-Nor International Exhibition in Norway, organized by the BMMP. The second session of the workshop consisted of a group exercise to discuss about the Sri Lankan past experiences in shrimp farming and recommend ways to avoid the problems that crippled the industry.