Fisheries Officer Open Exam 2025

MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, AQUATIC AND OCEAN RESOURCES

Open Competitive Examination for Recruitment to the Post of Fisheries Officer Grade III (Associate Officer Service Category) of the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources -2024/2025

APPLICATIONS are invited for the open competitive examination to fill the vacancies in the post of Fisheries Officer Grade III (Associate Officer Service Category) of the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Recruitment will be made based on the results of the Competitive Examination, which will be conducted by the Commissioner General of Examinations in October 2025 in Colombo.

The application has been published through “Online Applications – Recruitment Exams” under “Our Services” in the website of the Department of Examinations, Sri Lanka, www.doenets.lk, and the applications can only be submitted online.

Acceptance of online applications will be open on the 27th of June, 2025, at 9.00 a.m. The closing date of the application will be 25th July, 2025.

Applications submitted by applicants under the Gazette Notification dated 02.02.2024 are also valid. Applications are hereby invited from eligible applicants to fill 115 vacancies in the Post of Fisheries Officer remaining in 15 Coastal District Fisheries Offices and 149 Fisheries Inspector Divisions around the Island. Duties of this post include field duties in coastal areas, combating illegal fishing and related activities, night duties, etc.

01. Terms of Service:
Applicants to be selected will be appointed to the Post of Fisheries Officer Grade III, subject to the general conditions governing the appointments in the Public Service and the conditions specified in the Scheme of Recruitment approved by the Public Service Commission. This post is permanent and pensionable.

02. Salary Group and Salary Scale:
Salary Code No: MN 4-2016
Salary Scale: Rs. 31,490 – 10 × 445 – 11 x 660 – 10 x 730 – 10 x 750 – 54,250/-

03. Educational Qualifications:
Having a Degree in Biology, Microbiology, Zoology, Fisheries Science, Fisheries and Marine Science, Food Science, Food Technology, Economics, Management, or Sociology from a University recognized by the University Grants Commission, or a Degree that includes one of the above subjects as the principal subject in the degree course.

04. Professional Qualifications: Not applicable

05. Experience: Not applicable

06. Physical Requirements: –
Every applicant should be physically and mentally fit to serve in any part of Sri Lanka (including the Islands belonging to the territory of Sri Lanka) and perform the duties in the post.

07. Others:
(i) Every applicant should be a citizen of Sri Lanka.
(ii) Should be of excellent character.
(iii) The qualifications required for recruitment to the post should have been completed in all respects before the closing date mentioned in the notice inviting applications.
(v) Should not have been subject to disciplinary punishment by the provisions of the Public Service Commission Circular No. 01/2020.

08. Age Limit:
Age should not be less than 21 years and not more than 35 years as on the closing date of applications. (Accordingly, the eligibility regarding the age is satisfied only if the date of birth falls on or before 25.07.2004 and on or after 25.07.1990).

09. Method of Recruitment:
Recruitment will be made based on the results of a written examination and a structured interview. Eligible applicants will be selected having interviews, the number of applicants to the number expected to be recruited in order of merit of the total marks of the applicants who pass the written examination.
(a) The competitive examination for recruitment will be conducted in Sinhala, Tamil, and English.
(b) An applicant applying for the competitive examination shall answer all the papers in the medium of language in which he or she applied, and no applicant is permitted to change the medium of language mentioned in the application later.

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