The Sri Lanka Navy, in collaboration with the Air Force, has apprehended 76 individuals engaged in illegal fishing activities ...

Sri Lanka’s marine ecosystem is richer than ... “About 10 years ago, when we put a fishing net in the sea, we would catch only fish. Nowadays, the amount of fish is less than the plastic ...

Indian fishermen say the rights mentioned in the ’74 treaty include fishing. Sri Lanka says no way: The “rights” refer to drying nets on Katchatheevu. In both nations, the central ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s navy rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who were found adrift aboard a fishing trawler off the island nation, a navy spokesman ...

In this type of net, the top is left afloat while the ... Sri Lanka nor shall the fishing vessels and fishermen of Sri Lanka engage in fishing in the historic waters, the territorial sea and ...

We publish below a recent statement issued by the Kayts Fishermen’s Action Committee in Sri Lanka. As fishermen we, like every worker and the poor in Sri Lanka, are in dire straits, unable to ...

These are a part of 75,000 fishing nets donated by the Chinese Government to Sri Lanka, regional fisheries officials told journalists. According to the Information Department these nets were donated ...

JAFFNA, Sri Lanka -- Along Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna ... like an entire village in the sea, tearing our fishing nets and scooping up all the fish." ...

Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s #1 connectivity provider, has partnered with the National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA) to deliver critical information on Potential Fishing ...

See All Key Ideas JAFFNA, Sri Lanka — Ashani Arulananthan says ... to be an obstacle for fishing as corals get entangled in fishing nets,” Arulananthan says. To address this problem ...