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

Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Galle Fishery Harbour for fishery monitoring and regulating duties apprehended a Multiday Fishing Vessel along with 06 fishermen in possession of illegally harvested Shark fins on 26^th November 2022.

The apprehension was made while conducting an onboard inspection in Multiday Fishing Trawler and found 38 Nos of dried Shark fins 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 Fisheries Inspector of Galle for legal action.