Fishermen's Livelihood Support Society Limited (FLSSL) is an social welfare initiative by CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd the investor company of Port City Colombo project. A number of development programs to improve the livelihood of Negombo based fisher folk and provide them with financial benefits have been launched by FLSSL in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources D
evelopment and Ministry of Megapolis. There had been baseless propaganda in the past, spread by some NGOs, leading to negative reactions by several fishery associations towards the Port City project. However, investigations made by National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) proved that the manner in which the dredging was done had no impact on fish breeding grounds nor were the dredging locations in areas where there was coral and other marine life. Identifying the need to uplift the fishing industry as a whole, the Port City project company decided to grant Rs. 500 Million to the Fishermen Livelihood Support Society set up under the direction of the Ministry of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development and the Ministry of Megapolis & Western Development. Under the Livelihood programme, plans are underway to provide several other Fishery Associations in the Negombo and Wattala fishing regions with financial aid & other facilities to uplift the livelihood of fisher families and the industry in general.
