SRI LANKA COAST GUARD APPREHENDED A FISHING VESSEL WITH ILLEGALLY HARVESTED DRIED SHARK MEAT

Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Negombo Fishery Harbour for fishery monitoring and regulating duties apprehended a Multiday Fishing Vessel along with seven fishermen in possession of illegally harvested dried Shark meat on 03^rd Aug 2022.

The apprehension was made while conducting an onboard inspection in Multiday Fishing Trawler and found 43kg of dried Shark Meat hidden inside the boat 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 the Fishery Inspector Negombo for onward legal actions.