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World Ocean Day

BLUE GROWTH FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS “The world is moving from a green economy focus to a blue economy focus, which is true for small island developing states (SIDS) with a small resource base. Increasingly oceans are being used for building shipping and port facilities, cities, off the coast energy generation, transportation, recreation and tourism” Video

Apply for Professor Sena S. de Silva Memorial Research Scholarship

Professor Sena S. de Silva Memorial Research Scholarship was established to honor the memory of Professor Sena S. de Silva who was an internationally renowned Sri Lankan fisheries and aquaculture scientist, who passed away on 6 May, 2020. This scholarship will be awarded annually to cover registration fees of needy students who are currently engaged in …

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Workshop on “Biostatistics using R”

Workshop on “Biostatistics using R” was conducted by SLAFAR in collaboration with the Department of Zoology & Environmental Management, University of Kelaniya. The workshop was conducted on 16th December 2017 at the University of Kelaniya. The resource person for the workshop was Dr. U.P. Liyanage of the Department of Statistics & Computer Science, University of Kelaniya. …

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20th Day of Action for Rivers

Tuesday, March 14 was the 20th Day of Action for Rivers. Groups all over the world are organizing actions throughout the month of March to protect our rivers. Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (SLAFAR) in collaboration with National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) and Water Resources Science and Technology (WRST) celebrated ‘Day of …

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How lengthening time series affect our understanding on sea floor ecology

An invited lecture organized by SLAFAR in collaboration with the Department of Zoology and Environmental Management, University of Kelaniya and National Aquatic Resource Research and Development Agency was successfully conducted on 29th November 2016 at NARA Auditorium, Colombo 15. The lecture was by Professor. Chris Frid, a senior marine biologist of Griffith University, Australia. The lecture …

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