When the fishing harbour was functioning well, we could earn 1,200-2,500 rupees depending on the net owner. We also used to get something to eat. Now, most days, we do not have work.

During a multiday trip on the Indian Ocean off the coast of Sri Lanka, a fishing vessel reeled in a rare, massive creature ...

On May 25, 2025, the Liberian-flagged cargo ship MSC ELSA 03 sank approximately 38 nautical miles southwest of Kochi, India.

Fish production could be boosted by exploiting Sri Lanka's man-made reservoirs. Anuradha Alahakoon reports on the challenges and progress so far. Skip to content. Bringing science & development ...

With campaigning for next year’s Tamil Nadu Assembly elections already heating up, there is an urgent need for Delhi 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 ...

In fact, the ban has prompted India to taking measures to reform its own fishing industry by considering a ban on bottom trawling in the Palk Bay. Yet, by failing to enforce the ban on Sri Lankan ...

Therefore, the fishing communities in northern Sri Lanka as well as the fisheries authorities should seriously and expeditiously consider the construction and deployment of artificial reefs in the ...

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 ...

The sky and seas off Sri Lanka’s coast are crystal blue, but a worsening economic crisis has kept fishermen moored at Negombo harbour, out of gas and unable to reel in the day’s catch.

This is the third time this has happened in Sri Lanka, but not from the same area. In addition to the reported "prawn rain" of 2012 in the south, there was yellow and red "meteor rain" the same year - ...