Thursday, 19 December 2013 00:16
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The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce with their partners, AB Partners AS in the Sri Lanka-Norway Business Matchmaking Progam (BMMP) organised a workshop at the CCC boardroom. The focus of the workshop was to invite all stakeholders to discuss about the future developments in 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 up with the wild catch.
The workshop was well 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 organisations involved in fisheries sector.
Prema Cooray from the CCC welcomed the participants and AB Partners AS Chairman Inge Reithaug explained about the successful performance of the BMMP in the past and emphasised that the next year will be focused on initiating aquaculture projects.
NAQDA Chairman Jayantha Chandrasoma 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. The participants were really surprised at the vast opportunities available in the sector, which were hitherto unknown to most of them.
Norwegian Fisheries and Aquaculture Expert Asbjorn Drenstig who conducted the workshop spoke about the huge strides Norway has made in the aquaculture sector to become the world leader in technology. He also mentioned that this workshop originated from the findings from the delegation that visited Aqua-Nor International Exhibition in Norway, organised 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.
