The Ceylon Fisheries Corporation which has begun to make profits under new management, will open 50 new fish stalls islandwide next year.
Accordingly, it hopes to achieve a target-income of Rs. 500 million within next year, Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Mahinda Amaraweera said.
He stated this recently at the opening ceremony of two fish stalls of the corporation in Kuliyapitiya and Warakapola.
“It is the intention of the corporation to increase fish consumption in Sri Lanka. Though the annual per capita fish consumption should be 24 kgs, in the last few years it was around 12-15 kgs. But, this year it increased to 16.7 kgs, while the daily fish consumption has increased to 47.6 grams,” he said.