Fisheries production and capacity
Fish production, operating fishing boats and active fishers.
- Records
- 64
- Vintage
- 2026 edition; observation years vary by table
- Last checked
- 16 October 2026
- Published by
- GovernmentDepartment of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka
What this dataset contains
Ministry of Fisheries national figures compiled by DCS. Annual output for 2018–2025 is split into coastal, offshore or deep-sea, and inland or aquaculture production. Fleet and active-fisher counts cover 2022–2025, with marine and inland categories. All 2025 figures are provisional.
How it is used here
Track total fish production, total operating boats, or the number of active fishers. Subsector and fleet-type records allow more detailed comparisons.
What it cannot tell you
Output is in metric tonnes, fleet size in boats and fishers in people; these measures cannot be added together. Published totals overlap their components. Active-fisher counts do not measure hours worked or fishing income. National aggregates do not describe landing sites, districts, fish stocks or sustainability. The source’s 2023 total for active fishers exceeds the sum of its marine and inland counts by 280 people; all three published figures are retained.