Fisheries research, monitoring, and conservation
Business Standard
August 6, 2012
Over 35 Chinese fishermen have been arrested and their two trawlers seized by the Sri Lankan authorities for allegedly poaching in the country’s waters.
37 Chinese and two Sri Lankan crew on board the trawlers were being escorted to Trincomalee after their arrest off the eastern coast of Batticaloa last night, Navy spokesperson Kosala Warnakulasuriya said.
Local authorities said the Chinese are allowed to do deep sea fishing 200 nautical miles off Sri Lanka’s coast however the arrested trawler was poaching just 10-15 nautical miles east off the Batticaloa coast.
