Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel attached at Cod bay fishery harbour, Trincomalee for fishery monitoring and regulating duties, apprehended a Multiday Fishing Vessel along with five fishermen in possession of illegally harvested 25 No’s (Approx. 900 g) of dried shark fins and dried shark flesh (Approx. 28.4 kg) on 05^th January 2021.

Jan 05, 2021

Sri Lanka Coast Guard fishing monitoring units established at 24 major fishery harbours, collected approx. 550,000 plastic water bottles from multiday fishing vessels during 2020 preventing plastic bottles thrown out to sea as marine litter.

Jan 04, 2021

Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Suduwella fishery harbour for fishery monitoring and regulating duties, apprehended a Multiday Fishing Vessel along with six fishermen in possession of illegally harvested 8 Kilograms of Blue Shark fins on 31st December 2020.

Dec 31, 2020

The Defence Adviser High Commission of India in Sri Lanka, Captain Vikas Sood, Paid a courtesy call on the Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Anura Ekanayake, RSP & Bar, USP, psc on 23rd December 2020 at Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Headquarters, Wellawatte.

Dec 23, 2020

The Maldives Defence Attache Colonel Ismail Naseer paid an introductory call on the Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Anura Ekanayake, RSP & Bar, USP, psc on 21st December 2020 at Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Headquarters, Wellawatte.

Dec 22, 2020

Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Mirissa fishery harbour for fishery monitoring and regulating duties, apprehended a Multiday Fishing Vessel along with six fishermen in possession of illegally harvested 31 no’s (approx. 2.8kg) of Blue Shark fins on 18th December 2020.

Dec 21, 2020

SLCG seized a consignment of approx. 765 kg of dried turmeric while attempting to be smuggled into the Island by sea near Kadawtha, Wennapuwa on 01^st December 2020.

Dec 01, 2020

The Newly appointed Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Admiral Anura Ekanayake paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Navy, Vce Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne at the Naval Headquarters, on 02^nd November 2020.

Nov 05, 2020

Coast Guard personnel attached to Western Region seized a smuggled consignment of dried pieces of Turmeric and Cardamom packed in polythene sacks while loading to a truck near Ging Oya Moya on 02^nd November 2020.

Nov 04, 2020

Coast Guard personnel attached to Western Region with the assistance of Sri Lanka Navy, Department of Wildlife and many volunteers in the area saved over hundreds of stranded Pilot whales beached in Panadura beach on 03^rd November 2020.

Nov 02, 2020