{"id":1364,"date":"2026-05-16T12:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T12:50:06","slug":"sri-lanka-launches-modern-freshwater-prawn-farming-project-with-rs-25-million-allocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/05\/16\/sri-lanka-launches-modern-freshwater-prawn-farming-project-with-rs-25-million-allocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Launches Modern Freshwater Prawn Farming Project with Rs. 25 Million Allocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Aquaculture Development Authority of Sri Lanka Chairman Kithsiri Dharmapriya has announced that a special project has been launched to modernize the country\u2019s freshwater prawn farming industry and transform it into a high-yield commercial sector using advanced technology.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is being implemented under a Rs. 25 million allocation provided through the 2025 Budget by Anura Kumara Dissanayake.<\/p>\n<h3>Introduction of New Farming Technology<\/h3>\n<p>Under the traditional method, prawn larvae were directly released into water reservoirs for cultivation.<\/p>\n<p>However, the newly introduced technology follows a different process:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Post larvae are first raised inside specially designed cages installed within reservoirs<\/li>\n<li>They are grown for approximately one month in a controlled \u201cpre-growing\u201d stage<\/li>\n<li>Only afterward are they released into the main water bodies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Officials say this method is expected to improve survival rates, increase harvest yields, and enhance the overall productivity of freshwater prawn farming.<\/p>\n<h3>Research-Based Cage Installation Program<\/h3>\n<p>As part of the pilot phase of the project, authorities have taken steps to install 25 research-level cages in major reservoirs used for freshwater prawn cultivation across Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>The project is expected to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promote sustainable aquaculture practices<\/li>\n<li>Increase income opportunities for farmers<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen the fisheries and aquaculture sector<\/li>\n<li>Support rural economic development through modern agricultural technology \ud83d\udcc8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Aquaculture Development Authority of Sri Lanka Chairman Kithsiri Dharmapriya has announced that a special project has been launched to modernize the country\u2019s freshwater prawn farming industry and transform it into a high-yield commercial sector using advanced technology. The initiative is being implemented under a Rs. 25 million allocation provided through the 2025 Budget by &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1366,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions\/1366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}