ARRESTED 10 KGS OF THRESHER SHARK AND 05 NOS OF THRESHER SHARK PIN

Coast Guard personnel deployed in Cod Bay fishing harbor for fishing monitoring arrested multiday fishing trawler named ‘Inokshi 07’ and 06 crew members along with 50 kgs of Ocean Thresher Shark and 05 No’s of Thresher Shark Pin on 31st March 2018. Arrested persons, illegal fishing catch and trawler handed over to the fisheries development officer Trincomalee for further investigations and legal actions.

The Thresher Shark is a protected species under Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act no. 2 of 1996.