Fish import to sri lanka

Imported Quantity of Fish and Fishery Products (Mt) For Food 2005-2017

Year Quantity 
2005 4912
2006 6539
2007 10846
2008 8603
2009 11406
2010 13635
2011 11776
2012 9699
2013 15844
2014 21095
2015 33867
2016 39074
2017 27782

Sri Lanka has approximately 75000 sq km sea areas And also very big international sea areas , But Sri Lanka import fish mainly Thalapath , Thora , Sawara , Koppara ,Kumbala . That mean Sri Lankan Fisheries Department Need to rethink About Our Fishier sector to How to improve it .