.: National Fisheries Trade Union conducted it's Ampara branch meeting today at poththuvill in Ampara. Memberes discussed about current situations of fisheries community in Ampara district. They're faced lots of problems.

National Fisheries Trade Union conducted it's Ampara branch meeting today at poththuvill in Ampara.
Memberes discussed about current situations of fisheries community in Ampara district. They're faced lots of problems.

1. They don't have enough place for beach seine
2.No toilet facilities
3. Illegal fishing
4. No permission for make a relaxing rooms(Vadi)
5. No drinking water facilities
6. Don't have resource management system

So Union decided will oraganize meeting with Deputy Minister of Fisheries and DFO, Commissioner of fisheries in East coast, officers of coastal department and other fisheries officers next month.

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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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National Fisheries Trade Union conducted it's Ampara branch meeting today at poththuvill in Ampara. Memberes discussed about current situations of fisheries community in Ampara district. They're faced lots of problems.