SRI LANKA COAST GUARD APPREHENDED A FISHING VESSEL WITH ILLEGALLY HARVESTED SHARK FISH AND FINS

Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Dikovita Fishery Harbour for fishery monitoring and regulating duties apprehended a Multiday Fishing Vessel along with six fishermen in possession of illegally harvested dried Shark Fish and Fins on 01^st November 2021.

The apprehension was made while inspection carried out onboard Multiday Fishing Trawler and found 04 dried Shark Fins (approx 01Kg 300g) and 06Kg 800g concealed on the top of the roof onboard when they returned after fishing. Retaining, 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, Dikovita for onward legal actions.