This was revealed by the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister while on a tour of the Devahuwa and Kandalama reservoirs  in the Matale district.

"We have increased the number of fish stalls from 51 to 135 in a bid to bring  down the price of fish and thereby to encourage people to increase the fish consumption" said Minister Senarathna.  He further said that the daily fish intake of a person which is 30 gms have now being increased to 41.5 gms.  

"We hope to bring this up to 80 gms through which malnutrition can be corrected" the Minister added.