SRI LANKA COAST GUARD APPREHENDED A FISHING VESSEL WITH ILLEGALLY HARVESTED CUT 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 07 fishermen in possession of illegally harvest cut shark fins on 29^th August 2023.

The apprehension was made while conducting an extended search onboard in the trawler and found 850g of dried cut shark fins and dried shark (without fins) 10.7kg hidden inside the boat when they returned after fishing.

The arrested persons with apprehended items were handed over to the fishery inspector of Galle Harbour for legal action.