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Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 August 1994: D. B. Wijetunga [25] [26] Mahinda Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 19 October 2000: 14 September 2001: Chandrika Kumaratunga: Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development [27] 14 September 2001: Minister of Ports, Shipping and Fisheries [28] [29] Mahinda Wijesekara: United National Party ...
Sri Lanka: 332,623 59,080 ... Following is a sortable table of the world fisheries' harvest of aquatic plants for 2005. ... Fisheries and Aquaculture 2005 statistics ...
A well preserved Dutch-era fort (incorporating an earlier Portuguese-era church) occupied by the Sri Lanka Navy, and a Dutch church remain today. Nearby at Talawila to the south, a vibrant annual festival keeps alive its Portuguese heritage, at the ancient St Anne's church festival, when thousands of Catholic devotees descend upon the tiny ...
[1] [2] The objective of the university is to conduct academic and professional education and vocational training activities in fisheries, marine and nautical engineering to fulfill and develop the needs of the fisheries and allied sector in Sri Lanka. [3] The Ocean University of Sri Lanka Main Campus is located in Colombo in Crow Island ...
The university has responded to the needs of the country and established two new faculties — 'Management and Finance' and 'Fisheries and Marine Science' — the first of its kind in Sri Lanka. Thus, the university has as many faculties as the University of Peradeniya, the largest in Sri Lanka. The main campus is at Matara.
The Bachelor of Science in Aquatic Resources and Technology (B.Sc. in AQT) (or Bachelor of Aquatic Resource) is an undergraduate degree that prepares students to pursue careers in the public, private, or non-profit sector in areas such as marine science, fisheries science, aquaculture, aquatic resource technology, food science, management, biotechnology and hydrography.
[23] [24] In 2017, the status of holothurian fisheries in Mullaitivu coastal waters in the North-East region of Sri Lanka was documented. [25] In 2020, a new sea cucumber record was identified from nearby waters. [26] Apart from that, leading scientist D.C.T. Dissanayake has done extensive work on sea cucumbers. [27] [28] [29]
Topographic map of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, an island in South Asia shaped as a teardrop or a pear/mango, [167] lies on the Indian Plate, a major tectonic plate that was formerly part of the Indo-Australian Plate. [168] It is in the Indian Ocean southwest of the Bay of Bengal, between latitudes 5° and 10° N, and longitudes 79° and 82° E. [169]