.: Awareness on ILO convention

Awareness on ILO convention

An awareness program was conducted for the members of Southern Fisheries Organization in Galle to educate them about the ILO convention at the district office on 25^th of June 2019. The content of the ILO convention, existing fisheries issues and important of people participation in order to ratify convention were taken into the discussion in the program. Mr. Nalaka Rosaro and Mr. Priyankara Costa facilitated the program representing National Fisheries Solidarity Movement.

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NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practice in coastal areas. ...NAFSO has helped a fishing community to take legal action against a proposal to build a five-star hotel on a mangrove where fish spawn."We are not against hotels, because they bring tourism and income. But 3,000 families and 15,000 fishermen use this lagoon and all of them could be affected by the developments. Only 200 would be employed by the hotel. The lagoon is our mother, and we must protect her." Jude Preman Fernando, local fisherman. At the present situation we are continuing our campaign with small scale fishermen to urge the government to take legal action against Destructive Fishing Practices around the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. View my complete profile

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Awareness on ILO convention