Rathnayake said that studies which have been carried out have not revealed that the fish are unfit for human consumption. She further said that if the fish are unfit for consumption, the public will be made aware of it. “There are times when people are reluctant to consume fish. For example, during the tsunami disaster and in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, people abstained from consuming fish. Meanwhile, the carcasses of deceased marine life have been washing up ashore on the western coastline in the wake of the disaster, even though no official link has been scientifically found yet to attribute the marine creatures’ deaths to the said marine disaster.

Source: The Nation June 14, 2021 18:56 UTC