Sri Lanka Coast Guard (SLCG) nabbed a fishing vessel along with five fishermen in possession of illegally harvested 27 kilograms of thresher shark flesh recently.
The SLCG’s fishery monitoring and regulating staff attached to the Myliddy Fishery Harbour seized the illegal harvest and the fishermen while they were returning after a month-long fishing, the SLCG said,
The items were recovered when they had been concealed amongst their usual fishery harvest.
The retaining on board, transshipping or landing the ‘parts of any shark species’ is an offence under the Shark Fisheries Management (High Seas) Regulations, 2015, the SLCG sources revealed.
According to the SLCG, suspects with the haul of illegal harvest were handed over to the Fisheries Inspector, Jaffna for onward legal proceedings.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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