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

Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Suduwella Fishery Harbour for fishery monitoring and regulating duties apprehended a Multiday Fishing Vessel along with 05 fishermen in possession of illegally harvested Shark fins on 06^th December 2022.

The apprehension was made while conducting arrival formalities of the multi-day Fishing Trawler and found 01kg 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 Fishery Inspector of Suduwella for further legal action.