Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development

Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction Government of Sri Lanka
Headquarters New Secretariat, Sevana Mawatha, Maligawatta, Colombo
6°55′52.90″N 79°52′02.10″E / 6.9313611°N 79.8672500°E / 6.9313611; 79.8672500Coordinates: 6°55′52.90″N 79°52′02.10″E / 6.9313611°N 79.8672500°E / 6.9313611; 79.8672500
Annual budget
  • Rs. 2 billion (2016, recurrent)
  • Rs. 3 billion (2016, capital)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executive
  • W. M. M. R. Adikari, Secretary
Child agencies
  • Ceylon Fisheries Corporation
  • Ceylon Fishery Harbours Corporation
  • Cey-Nor Foundation Limited
  • Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
  • National Aquaculture Development Authority
  • National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency
Website fisheries.gov.lk

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development is the central government ministry of Sri Lanka responsible for fisheries. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing national policy on fisheries and aquatic resources development and other subjects which come under its purview.[1] The current Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development and State Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development are Mahinda Amaraweera and Dilip Wedaarachchi respectively.[2][3] The ministry's secretary is W. M. M. R. Adikari.[4]

Ministers

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development is a member of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka.

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Ministers of Fisheries
Name Portrait Party Took office Left office Head of government Ministerial title Refs
de Silva, George E.George E. de Silva 26 September 1947 1948 Senanayake, D. S.D. S. Senanayake Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries [5][6][7]
Sittampalam, C.C. Sittampalam Independent 1948 1948 [5]
Ponnambalam, G. G.G. G. Ponnambalam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 3 September 1948 [8][9]
19 June 1952 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake Minister of Industries and Fisheries [8][10]
22 October 1953 Kotelawala, JohnJohn Kotelawala [11]
de Silva, WilliamWilliam de Silva Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 18 May 1959 Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D.S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike [12][13][14][15]
Munasinha, W. J. C.W. J. C. Munasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party 9 June 1959 [15]
Dahanayake, W.W. Dahanayake
Gunawardena, PhilipPhilip Gunawardena Mahajana Eksath Peramuna March 1965 Senanayake, DudleyDudley Senanayake [16][17]
Rajapaksa, GeorgeGeorge Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Bandaranaike, SirimavoSirimavo Bandaranaike Minister of Fisheries [18]
Jayasinghe, S. de S.S. de S. Jayasinghe United National Party 26 September 1977 Jayewardene, J. R.J. R. Jayewardene [19][20]
Perera, FestusFestus Perera United National Party 23 July 1977 [19][20][21]
Perera, M. Joseph MichaelM. Joseph Michael Perera United National Party 18 February 1989 Premadasa, RanasingheRanasinghe Premadasa Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Research [22][23][24]
Gunawardena, IndikaIndika Gunawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 August 1994 Wijetunga, D. B.D. B. Wijetunga [25][26]
Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 19 October 2000 14 September 2001 Kumaratunga, ChandrikaChandrika Kumaratunga Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development [27]
14 September 2001 Minister of Ports, Shipping and Fisheries [28][29]
Wijesekara, MahindaMahinda Wijesekara United National Party 12 December 2001 Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Resources [30][31][32]
Perera, FelixFelix Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 28 January 2007 Rajapaksa, MahindaMahinda Rajapaksa Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources [33][34][35]
Senaratne, RajithaRajitha Senaratne 23 April 2010 Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development [36][37][38][39][40]
Perera, M. Joseph MichaelM. Joseph Michael Perera United National Party 12 January 2015 22 March 2015 Sirisena, MaithripalaMaithripala Sirisena Minister of Home Affairs and Fisheries [41][42][43][44]
Amaraweera, MahindaMahinda Amaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 22 March 2015 Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development [45][46][47][48][49][50][51]

Secretaries

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Fisheries Secretaries
Name Took office Left office Title Refs
de Zoysa, A. Damitha N.A. Damitha N. de Zoysa 25 April 2010 Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Secretary [52][53]
Borelessa, S. D. A. B.S. D. A. B. Borelessa 19 January 2015 Home Affairs and Fisheries Secretary [54][55][56][57]
Adikari, W. M. M. R.W. M. M. R. Adikari 8 September 2015 Labour and Trade Union Relations Secretary [58][59][60]

References

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