Fisheries community with victims of land
grabbing in Sri Lanka got together to commemorate world fisheries day under the
theme of The Owners of the Sky, Land and Water are those who live and Survive
on them! We all are committed to ensure this right.
Participants from Jaffna, Mannar,
Trincomalee, Baticaloa, Ampara, Mathara, Galle, Kaluthara, Gampaha, Puthlam
were participated as coastal district and from two inland districts
Polonnaruwa, Kurunegala communities also
joined the work held in Negombo.
About 200 people were participated to the program.
Facing number of challenges,
Fisheries community commemorating Fisheries day in 2013 November 21st.
Thousands of fishers sacrificing their lives for natural disasters, The wind
that blown through Sri Lanka coastal line in last June which was a night mare
for fishers in south have become deadliest typhoon in the century and
devastated Philippine and Vietnam killing thousands of our fellow fishers while
make thousands homeless. In another way, there are ongoing plans for move away
the fishers from their only lands they have, coastal belt and from the sea or
water body where they earn for their day today life.
It’s for development of tourism,
aquaculture, special economic Zones or high security zones or else lease out
the sea for China to grab its resources and let the Indian trawlers to destroy
our sea bed without giving proper solution for it. Day by day our fisheries community becomes victims
of economic, social and environmental crisis.
Whether we are receiving life
threats, as an organization work with
people we are not ready to be traitors to people who are victims of political
power, social and economic stress.
We are committed to protect our
people’s rights and it is a promise we made in this world fisheries day in
2013.
