SRI LANKA COAST GUARD ARRESTED PERSONS WITH ILLEGALLY HARVESTED DRIED SHARK FISH AND SHARK FINS

Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Negombo and Dikovita Fishery Harbours for fishery monitoring and regulating duties arrested eleven persons possessing illegally harvested dried shark fins and dried shark fish on 13^th March 2023 during arrival inspections after fishing.

The apprehension was made during the unloading of fish catch and found 13.8 kg of dried Shark fins and 111.05kg of dried shark fish hidden inside the boat. Retaining, transshipping, selling, or landing the ‘parts of any shark species’ is an offence under order number 4 of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources act 1996 No 2.

The arrested persons with apprehended items were handed over to the Negombo and Dikovita Fisheries Inspectors for further investigation.