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| Thursday, 30 December 2004 |
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Fisheries industry badly hit by Ramani Kangaraarachchi The fisheries industry is among the most severely hit industries by the tidal wave last Sunday. Nine fisheries harbours have been completely destroyed by the disastrous wave. However, only the Mutwal and Kalpitiya fisheries harbours were not damaged. Three-thousand fishermen in Mullaitivu and 2,100 fishermen in Jaffna have been reported killed while the Corporation has not received any information yet from the South. Twenty-four refugee camps in Jaffna and fifteen in Negombo have been set up for the fisheries community. Meanwhile, Director General Fisheries Department G. Piyasena said that 80 per cent of fishing boats have been completely damaged due to the incident but there is a stock of 100 tonnes of fish with the Fisheries Department. However, the Fisheries Ministry has decided to refrain from selling them as there is a problem in demand and supply. The stock will be kept only for distribution among hospitals and security forces. He said that nothing can be done to restart the industry until the debris is cleared and the fishing community resettled. Meanwhile, a few traders at fish markets in Colombo and the suburbs were selling fish yesterday from the existing stocks . They said that there won't be any fish to be sold after today as there was no fish coming from anywhere. They feared that their jobs may be affected for a few months. |
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