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Rajitha Senaratne

Type: Person

Name: Rajitha Senaratne

Title: Minister of Construction and Engineering Services

Organization: Government of Sri Lanka

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Fact Sheet: Biography for Rajitha Senaratne

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Fishing a lucrative industry in Trinco

By Mohammed Naalir Fishing is a lucrative profession, but carries with it a grave risk. Fishermen who fish in the deep seas are out in the sea for sometimes three to six months at a time and leave their families to fend for themselves.Hettiarachchilage ... [Published Sunday Observer - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Marine Vessel, Rajitha Senaratne, Fisheries, Territorial Waters

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

D.E.W Gunasekera

Government Group To Protect 13A

By Indika Sri AravindaA group has been formed consisting of government parliamentarians with the aim of ensuring that the 13th Amendment is implemented and land and police powers to the provinces remain.Minister Douglas Devananda is heading the group ... [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Tissa Vitharana, Felix Perera, D.E.W Gunasekera, Mervyn Silva

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

National Safety at Sea Plan Launched in Sri Lanka

SRI LANKA - Fishermen and vessel safety in Sri Lanka has taken a major step forward with the launch of a National Plan for the Safety of Fishers and Fishing Vessels at Sea.The plan was launched by Dr Rajitha Senaratne, Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic ... [Published The Fish Site - May 14 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Safety at Sea Ltd, Vessel, Fisheries

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Sri Lanka launches a national plan for the safety of fishermen

* May 10, Colombo: Sri Lanka has launched a national plan to ensure the safety of fishermen and fishing vessels at sea the government media unit said.The plan launched under the patronage of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr. Rajitha ... [Published Colombo Page - May 10 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Fisheries, Food & Agriculture Organization of the United N..., Sri Lanka Air Force

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

Rajitha Senaratne

Fish Plan May 08 Sri Lanka to boost deep sea fishing, double exports to US$500mn

(LBO) - Sri Lanka is planning to boost deep sea fishing and double tuna exports by 2015 with the help of new vessels from Japan and China, fisheries minister Rajitha Senaratne said."We hope to increase exports from 250 million US dollars to about 500 ... [Published Lanka Business Online - May 10 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, Vessel, Rajitha Senaratne

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Douglas Devananda

Big reduction in poaching by Indian fishers - Devananda

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram did not have any right to make claims about the Kachchatheevu Island, in the Palk Strait, as it fell on Sri Lanka’s side of the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), Traditional Industries and Small ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 10 2013]

Entities: Douglas Devananda, poaching, Sri Lanka

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

European Union

EU declines to speculate outcome on fishing warning to Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The European Union said that engagement with Sri Lanka on its warning against Sri Lanka's illegal fishing practices is "substantive" and "continuing," but declined to comment on its eventual outcome, a top official said here ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 09 2013]

Entities: Sri Lanka, European Union, Illegal Fishing, Declination

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 3 reports

Lanka to receive Green Card for fish exports Rajitha

As a number of steps had been taken to eradicate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Sri Lanka, the European Union (EU) would issue the green card for a country’s fish exports in June, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 09 2013]

Entities: Rajitha Senaratne, Sri Lanka, Green Card

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Fisheries Information Center opened in Sri Lanka

* May 08, Colombo: The National Aquatic Resource Research and Development Agency has opened a Fisheries Information Center yesterday.Fisher Community, investors, researchers and students can obtain relevant information and solutions to the matters in ... [Published Colombo Page - May 08 2013]

Entities: Fisheries, Sri Lanka, Rajitha Senaratne, Colombo (Sri Lanka), Vessel

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

NARA opens hotline

The National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) yesterday (07) launched its new fisheries information service centre under the patronage of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne.Addressing the ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 07 2013]

Entities: Rajitha Senaratne, Fisheries, Call Center, Tsunami, Sri Lanka

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

In Brief

Wadduwa Poson Maha Perahera on July 13 The historic Wadduwa Poson Maha Perahera will be held for the 32nd consecutive year on July 13 at 7.30pm under the patronage of Ven. Bopitiye Dhammissara Nayake Thera, Viharadhipathi of Sri Samudrarama Viharaya, ... [Published Sunday Observer - May 04 2013]

Entities: Colombo (Sri Lanka), Jackson Anthony, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Rajitha Senaratne, Channa

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Fish imported to earn commission JVP

Despite claims of increased local fish production last year, the country had imported 71,413 MT of fish and 18,859 MT of canned fish, according to the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry.Fishermen’s associations, affiliated to the JVP, ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Fisheries, Rajitha Senaratne, European Union

Quotes

"we hope to increase exports from 250 million us dollars to about 500 million" Senaratne told reporters

Fish Plan May 08 Sri Lanka to boost deep sea fishing, double exports to US$500mn [Published Lanka Business Online - May 10 2013]

Dr. Senaratne said, "we will not give any assistance to any fishermen engaging in illegal fishing."

Big reduction in poaching by Indian fishers - Devananda [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 10 2013]

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Fishing a lucrative industry in Trinco [Published Sunday Observer - 10 hours ago]
Government Group To Protect 13A [Published Sri Lanka Sunday Leader - 13 hours ago]
National Safety at Sea Plan Launched in Sri Lanka [Published The Fish Site - May 14 2013]
More mega projects launched in the Eastern Prov... [Published Sunday Observer - May 12 2013]
Sri Lanka launches a national plan for the safe... [Published Colombo Page - May 10 2013]
Fish Plan May 08 Sri Lanka to boost deep sea fi... [Published Lanka Business Online - May 10 2013]
Japans Tuna king to double Lankas fish export i... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 10 2013]
Big reduction in poaching by Indian fishers - D... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 10 2013]
EU declines to speculate outcome on fishing war... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 09 2013]
Lanka to receive Green Card for fish exports Ra... [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 09 2013]
EU advisory on Sri Lanka over illegal fishing r... [Published Colombo Page - May 08 2013]
Fisheries Information Center opened in Sri Lanka [Published Colombo Page - May 08 2013]
Sri Lanka hopes to double fish exports with for... [Published Individual.com - May 08 2013]
NARA opens hotline [Published Sri Lanka Island - May 07 2013]
In Brief [Published Sunday Observer - May 04 2013]
EU to decide on IUU fishing in June [Published Daily Mirror Sri Lanka - Apr 30 2013]
Fish imported to earn commission JVP [Published Sri Lanka Island - Apr 29 2013]
VMS to monitor fishing vessels [Published Sunday Observer - Apr 21 2013]
Fishermen assured of a better catch [Published Sunday Observer - Apr 14 2013]
Sri Lanka: India donates 175 boats and fishing ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Dec 06 2012]
Biography for Rajitha Senaratne [Published Able2Act - Jun 18 2007]