Aquaculture Development Center - Iranamadu

The Aquaculture Development Centre at Iranamadu, in Kilinochchi District was started its operations in 2015 and it is situated around 410 km away from Colombo near the Iranamadu reservoir. This centre covers an area of 10 ha.
The centre has breeding and rearing facilities for Tilapia, Indian Carps, and Chinese Carps. Details of the rearing facilities available in the Iranamadu Centre are given in the table.
 

Rearing Facilities at Iranamadu Center
	No. of ponds	Area (m2)
Brood stock ponds Rearing ponds Nursery ponds Nursery ponds (Cemented cubicles)	5 14 12	3,400 10,920 300
Total	31	11,220

 

Fish seed production (Mn)
Year	Carp			Tilapia
	PL	Fry	Fingerling	Fry	Fingerling
2016				5.59	6.42
2017				13.17	0.936
2018				15.40	2.012
2019				10.55	3.92
2020		2.21	0.84	9.98	2.92
2021	0.55	5.33	2.08	7.13	2.44
2022	2.55	4.27	1.79	12.26	3.69
2023	1.15	4.00	1.25	3.25	1.39

Officer in Charge: Mr. P.K.M.P. Kumara
Address: Aquaculture Development Centre (Carp), Udawalawe
Contact No. : 047 2233298

Officer in charge: Mr. S.M.M.P. Samarakoon
Address: Aquaculture Development Centre, Vaddkkachchi, Iranamadu.
Contact No. :  021- 3204409