{"id":5592,"date":"2025-12-03T12:10:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T06:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocu.ac.lk\/?page_id=5592"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:13:17","slug":"aquaculture-and-seafood-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ocu.ac.lk\/fisheries-ocean-sciences\/aquaculture-and-seafood-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquaculture and Seafood Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5592\" class=\"elementor elementor-5592\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-186724dd elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"186724dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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Apart from living resources, the maritime zones of Sri Lanka contain a variety of exploitable minerals and hydrocarbons (oil and natural gas).<\/p><p>In addition, Sri Lanka has unique coastal environment that provide promising oceanic recreational opportunities. Our maritime courses are well respected in the industry and well equipped with the knowledge and skills to excel in the sector. The degree courses have been developed with the aim of building graduates required nationally and internationally focusing the job market. 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Indika<\/h2><\/div><h6 class=\"heading-section-subtitle  style-color\">(Lecturer)<\/h6><div class=\"heading-section-description\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dept. of Aquaculture and Seafood Technology<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aquaculture and Seafood Technology Home Explore the Department of Aquaculture and Seafood Technology The global shipping industry transporting the majority of the world trade and provides the lifeblood of global [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2139,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5592","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocu.ac.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocu.ac.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocu.ac.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocu.ac.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocu.ac.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5592"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/ocu.ac.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6442,"href":"https:\/\/ocu.ac.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5592\/revisions\/6442"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocu.ac.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocu.ac.lk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}