Fisheries, Aquatic and Ocean Resources Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar has ruled out the possibility of any consensus with India to allow its fishing fleet to poach in Sri Lankan waters. He made this ...

It is under pressure from India and the U.S. to block Chinese research vessels from docking in its ports. Will the crafting ...

Young birder Lahiru Walpita begins most of his days at dawn by scanning the skies for seabirds along the coastline in ...

ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE Second ship sinking off Kerala coast revives fears in Sri Lanka of worst maritime disaster Plastic pellets from the cargo ship have been washing up on the island nation’s ...

In a follow-up survey on 14 June 2025, after new pellets began washing ashore from the MSC shipwreck, the team collected around 609 pellets within just 20 minutes along a 400m stretch of beach between ...

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Colombo Chief Magistrate Thanuja Lakmali Jayatunga imposed a travel ban on Sudarshana Fernando, former Chairman of the Ceylon Fisheries Harbour Corporation. The Magistrate also ordered the ...

In 2021, a huge container ship, the X-Press Pearl, caught fire and sank off the coast of Sri Lanka, releasing hazardous materials, toxic chemicals and more than 1000 tonnes of microplastic pellets ...

The Sri Lankan and South Korean governments today (Aug 21) signed an agreement for a USD 5 million grant to develop the fisheries industry in the island. Accordingly, these funds would be used to ...

The giant snakehead (Channa micropeltes), a predatory fish native to Southeast Asia, has been found in Sri Lanka’s Deduru Oya ...

The little-known species with a “ribbon-like body” is believed by some cultures to be a harbinger of destructive events like ...