SRI LANKA COAST GUARD APPREHENDED A FISHING VESSEL WITH ILLEGALLY HARVESTED THRESHER SHARKS

Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Miliddy Fishery Harbour for fishery monitoring and regulating duties, apprehended a Multiday Fishing Vessel along with five fishermen in possession of illegally harvested 27 Kilograms of Thresher Shark flesh on 11^th July 2021.

The apprehension was done during a search operation carried out on board a Multiday Fishing Vessel which was returned harbour after month long fishing. Apprehended items had been hidden in with other fish catch as they were found by the Coast Guard personnel. The retaining on board, transshipping or landing the ‘parts of any shark species’ is an offence under the Shark Fisheries Management (High Seas) Regulations, 2015.

The arrested persons with apprehended items were handed over to Fisheries Inspector, Jaffna for onward legal actions.