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| Sunday, 10 April 2005 |
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Cey-Nor completes rebuilding damaged fishing craft by Elmo Leonard Cey-Nor Foundation Ltd, the state-run boatyard and gill-net manufacturing enterprise has almost completed its task of repairing tsunami damaged fishing craft and is now venturing into complete fishing craft manufacture, until the tsunami caused loss is met. At its Mattakkuliya, boatyard, Cey-Nor now puts out 10 outdoor motor boats of 19.5 foot per day, priced at Rs 110,000 (Rs 100 to a US dollar) per unit. Also, 50 oru traditional craft per day of different sizes. A 16-foot oru craft costs Rs 26,000 and a 21 foot craft Rs 35,000. To meet the demand, sub contracting is being carried out at Cey-Nor's Mattakkuliya boatyard and 12 other private owned boatyards around the island, Cey-Nor chairman, Ajitha Edirisinghe said. These boatyards are: Danusha Marine Lanka, Panadura; SNA Enterprises, Chilaw; Minosh Fibreglass, Madampe; Colombo Marine, Angoda; Modern Fibreglass Industries, Avissawella; Oniwi, Katunayake; JMC Boatyard, Negombo; Siharu Fibre Works, Mattakkuliya, SS Techno Industries, Negombo; Pio Fibreglass Industries, Ganemulla; L G Fibre Tech, Hanwella; De Saram Engineering, Negombo. Meanwhile, Cey-Nor's fishing craft repair work following the tsunami of December 26 is almost complete having repaired 351 multiday boats of different sizes; 1,012 OBM boats, 651 boat engines; 1,009 oru; 184 wallam, theppan; 316 ODB- one day boats; six isso tanks and five Madel padu. The expense for boat rebuilding is Rs 57 million, FAO has reimbursed Rs 15 million and it is hoped that the organisation will meet the entire cost, Edirisinghe said. The Cey-Nor chairman said that too many small, and traditional fishing craft were being handed over to fishermen by NGOs and others, which would lead to a further depletion of coastal fishing stocks. While, what is needed now, according to all experts is larger fishing craft which would go deeper into sea. |
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