Let us Proudly Commemorate International Year of Small Scale Fisheries & Aquaculture - 2022

Aware Fisher Communities on effects of Land Reclamation in Colombo Port waters

Series of awareness programs on effects of port city building in Colombo carring out by the NAFSO together with other Civil society organizations and religious leaders. 
Port City project was started by the previous regime with the financial assistance.  
New government stopped the project soon after they elected but negative effects already appearing in western coastal belt due to removel of massive level of sand from sea bed in North of Colombo. 
Now new government trying to restart the project without considering environmental or social effects. 

Today (28/12/2015)we were able to aware fisher people in Basiyawaththa, Negombo