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Apply for Professor Sena S. de Silva Memorial Research Scholarship

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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”

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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

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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

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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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Identification of Fresh and Processed sea cucumbers of Sri Lanka

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A training workshop on “Identification of Fresh and Processed sea cucumbers of Sri Lanka” organized by National Research Council and the University of Sri Jayewardenepura with the collaboration of National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) and Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (SLAFAR) was successfully held at NARA auditorium on 28th October 2016. Around

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Public Lecture on “Intra-seasonal Oscillations in Equatorial Oceans”

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A guest lecture on “Intra-seasonal Oscillations in Equatorial Oceans” by Professor Harindra Fernando (Wayne and Diana Murdy Endowed Professor) University of Notre Dame, was successfully conducted on 26th July 2016 at the National Aquatic Resource Research and Development Agency (NARA), Crow Island, Colombo 15.  Recent research findings of Air Sea Interaction in the Northern Indian Ocean

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Workshop on “Statistics for Biological Research”

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Sri Lankan Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (SLAFAR) in collaboration with the Department of Zoology and Environmental Management successfully organized a workshop on “Statistics for Biological Research” This workshop was held in the Department of Zoology and Environmental Management, Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya on 11th and 12th February 2016. The resource persons

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