With the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) undecided about approving the rearing and captive breeding of several endemic species of fish, the illegal business of selling protected species of ...

A young fish enthusiast from suburban Sri Lanka is on a personal mission to remove invasive species from the island’s lakes and other waterways, starting with clown knifefish and alligator gars ...

Oceanpick (Pvt.) Ltd, a local company seeking to pioneer sustainable marine aquaculture, recently installed the country’s first sea cage, initiating offshore fish farming off the Eastern coast of Sri ...

A few weeks ago I was drinking tea at a shop in Alhambra, and a man seated near me mentioned he was from Sri Lanka. I asked him if there were any Sri Lankan restaurants he particularly loved around ...

A lab in Sri Lanka is harnessing modern genetic techniques to improve the identification of the meat and oil of sharks and rays in the country's fish markets. Sri Lanka's sovereign waters in the India ...

Colombo (AFP) – Sri Lanka will ban four species of predatory ornamental fish including Piranhas that have escaped into rivers and lakes, devastating native species and threatening fragile freshwater ...

DEDURU OYA, Sri Lanka (AP) — An invasive fish is threatening the livelihood of people in this northwestern village by aggressively eating traditional fish and shellfish species in the Deduru Oya ...