Office Address
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology
University of Ruhuna
Wellamadama
Matara (81000)
Sri Lanka
E-mail Address
sakunthala@fish.ruh.ac.lk
Phone
+94(0) 41 22 27 026 Ext 5104
Administrative Positions
Head of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Member of the library committee of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology
Member of the Disciplinary committee of the Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences & Technology
Teaching Courses
Evolution and basic biology of fin fish
Fundamentals of fish genetics
Fish physiology
Aquaculture Introduction
Statistics for Aquatic Sciences
Fish Post Harvest Technology and Quality Assurance of Fishery Products
Research Interest
Fish nutrition
Aquaponics and recirculating aquaculture systems
Larval rearing of fish
Publications
International Peer reviewed Index journals
Atapaththu, K.S.S., Herath, S.S., Subramanuium, G., Yapa, Y.M.A.L.W., Kumari, W.G.S.M., Masakorala, K., Jinadasa, B.K.K.K. and Wu, M., 2025. Challenges in coastal ecosystem Sustainability: Drivers of water quality degradation and their ecological impact. Marine Environmental Research, p.107194.
Lokuhetti, R.T.,
Kondaramage, R.S.K.H., Herath, S.S., Vidanapathirana, N.P. and Atapaththu,
K.S.S., 2025. Comparison of rice production in an integrated rice-fish system
using tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio): Rice
fish integration. Indian Journal of Fisheries, 72(1).
Herath, S.S. and
Yakupitiyage, A., 2022. Assessing the feasibility of particle size reduction
and fermentation as pre-processing techniques to utilize enzyme-treated feather
meal in zero fish meal diets for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Animal
Feed Science and Technology, 291, p.115382.
Herath, S.S. Y. Haga, S. Satoh (2018) .Interactive effects of salinity and complete fishmeal replacement on growth, food consumption, and gene expression of hepatic IGF‐I, IGF‐II and growth hormone receptors in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) Aquaculture research,49, 2128-2139
Herath, S.S. Y. Haga, S. Satoh (2016). Effects of long-term feeding of corn co-product-based diets on growth, fillet color, and fatty acid and amino acid composition of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus Aquaculture, 464 (2016), pp. 205-212
Herath, S.S. Y. Haga, S. Satoh (2016) . Potential use o corn co-products in fishmeal-free diets for juvenile Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus. Fish. Sci, 82; 811-818.
Herath, S. S and Atapaththu, K.S.S. (2013). Sudden weaning of angel fish, Pterophyllum scalare (Lichtenstein) (Pisces; Cichlidae) larvae from brine shrimp (Artemia sp) nauplii to formulated larval feed. SpringerPlus 2,102.
Peer reviewed Non Index journals
Kumara, H.K.R.S.,
Atapaththu, K.S.S., Herath, S.S., Vidanapathirana, N.P. and Marasinghe,
M.M.K.I., 2024. Exploring Ecological Functions of Rice-Fish Integration in the
Agricultural Landscape: A Review to Investigate Feasibility of Implementing
Rice-Fish Integration in Sri Lanka. Journal of Agro-Technology and
Rural Sciences, 3(2).
Gayashan, W.S., Rathnapala,
J.M.S.N. and Herath, S.S., 2023. Effects of chronic exposure of cadmium on
growth performance, bioaccumulation and hematological parameters of genetically
improved farmed tilapia. Tropical Agricultural Research and Extension, 26(3).
Herath, S.S., 2022. Novel
Protein Ingredients in Aquafeed. Journal of the University of Ruhuna, 10(2).
Harshani, W.M.S.,
Pahalawattaarachchi, V., Radampola, K. and Herath, S.S., 2020. Effects of
fertilization levels on growth performance of micro-propagated Cryptocoryne
wendtii (Water Trumpet). Journal of the University of Ruhuna, 8(1).
Awards
NRC Merit award from
National Research Council, Colombo, Sri Lanka for Scientific research published
in Aquaculture 2016
President’s award for the most outstanding doctoral student in 2016, Tokyo University of Marine Sciences and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Kwei Lin Graduation prize award for the most outstanding students of the Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management field of study in Asian Institute of Technology (2010), Thailand
Most outstand student poster award (2016), International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding, Idaho, USA
A series of workshop on ornamental fish industry jointly organized by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board,
Sri Lanka universities, The Association of tropical ornamental fish
exporters and Sri Lanka fish farmers association.
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OUR VISION
To be the centre of excellence for Fisheries Science, Marine Science and Water Technology education and research in Sri Lanka.
OUR MISSION
To produce outstanding, internationally accredited graduates in the fields of Fisheries, Aquaculture, Limnology, Water Technology, Oceanography and Marine Geology.
OUR VISION
To be the centre of excellence for Fisheries Science, Marine Science and Water Technology education and research in Sri Lanka.
OUR MISSION
To produce outstanding, internationally accredited graduates in the fields of Fisheries, Aquaculture, Limnology, Water Technology, Oceanography and Marine Geology.
To me,FMST is the ideal place to study about the Marine Sciences in Sri Lanka.FMST helped me grow and excel
as a student,all the while nurturing my love for the ocean, backed by some of the best academics in this field.
S K Edirisinghe
Being selected as a student of FMST is the major turning point in my life. Within the premises of FMST,
I was provided with myriads of opportunities to explore new horizons and to build up my personality.
This is the perfect place to grab the knowledge about Fisheries and Marine Sciences.
All academics & extracurricular activities not only widened my knowledge, but also heightened my passion for my future career.
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