SRI LANKA COAST GUARD APPREHENDED A MULTIDAY FISHING VESSEL WITH ILLEGALLY HARVESTED SHARK FINS
Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel attached at Cod bay fishery harbour, Trincomalee for fishery monitoring and regulating duties, apprehended a Multiday Fishing Vessel along with five fishermen in possession of illegally harvested 25 No’s (Approx. 900 g) of dried shark fins and dried shark flesh (Approx. 28.4 kg) on 05th January 2021.
SLCG COLLECTS APROX 550,000 PLASTIC BOTTLES FROM MULTIDAY FISHING VESSELS AS A CSR PROJECT IN 2O2O
Sri Lanka Coast Guard fishing monitoring units established at 24 major fishery harbours, collected approx. 550,000 plastic water bottles from multiday fishing vessels during 2020 preventing plastic bottles thrown out to sea as marine litter.
SRI LANKA COAST GUARD APPREHENDED A FISHING VESSEL WITH ILLEGALLY HARVESTED SHARK FINS
Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Suduwella fishery harbour for fishery monitoring and regulating duties, apprehended a Multiday Fishing Vessel along with six fishermen in possession of illegally harvested 8 Kilograms of Blue Shark fins on 31st December 2020.
DEFENCE ADVISER OF INDIA CALLS ON THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF SRI LANKA COAST GUARD
The Defence Adviser High Commission of India in Sri Lanka, Captain Vikas Sood, Paid a courtesy call on the Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Anura Ekanayake, RSP & Bar, USP, psc on 23rd December 2020 at Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Headquarters, Wellawatte.
MALDIVES DEFENCE ATTACHE IN SRI LANKA CALLS ON THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF SRI LANKA COAST GUARD
The Maldives Defence Attache Colonel Ismail Naseer paid an introductory call on the Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Anura Ekanayake, RSP & Bar, USP, psc on 21st December 2020 at Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Headquarters, Wellawatte.
SRI LANKA COAST GUARD APPREHENDED A FSHING VESSEL WITH ILLEGALLY HARVESTED SHARK FINS
Sri Lanka Coast Guard personnel deployed at Mirissa fishery harbour for fishery monitoring and regulating duties, apprehended a Multiday Fishing Vessel along with six fishermen in possession of illegally harvested 31 no’s (approx. 2.8kg) of Blue Shark fins on 18th December 2020.
SLCG FOILS A SMUGGLING ATTEMPT BY SEIZING OVER 765 KG OF DRIED TURMERIC
SLCG seized a consignment of approx. 765 kg of dried turmeric while attempting to be smuggled into the Island by sea near Kadawtha, Wennapuwa on 01st December 2020.
NEWLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR GENERAL - SLCG CALLS ON THE COMMANDER OF THE NAVY
The Newly appointed Director General of Sri Lanka Coast Guard Rear Admiral Anura Ekanayake paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the Navy, Vce Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne at the Naval Headquarters, on 02nd November 2020.
SLCG THWARTS SMUGGLING ATTEMPT BY APPREHENDING A SUSPECT WITH A STOCK OF DRIED TURMERIC AND CARDOMOM
Coast Guard personnel attached to Western Region seized a smuggled consignment of dried pieces of Turmeric and Cardamom packed in polythene sacks while loading to a truck near Ging Oya Moya on 02nd November 2020.
SLCG RESCUED HUNDREDS OF PILOT WHALES STRANDED ON PANADURA BEACH
Coast Guard personnel attached to Western Region with the assistance of Sri Lanka Navy, Department of Wildlife and many volunteers in the area saved over hundreds of stranded Pilot whales beached in Panadura beach on 03rd November 2020.