Sri Lanka Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda. (Image/Govt. of Sri Lanka) The recurring problem of Indian fishermen doing illegal fishing in Sri Lankan waters needs a top-level diplomatic solution ...

The Cabinet has approved a proposal to expand the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) to cover around 1,500 multi-day and one-day ...

Unable to swim with a ruptured swim bladder, fish injured by an underwater concussive blast slowly sink to the bottom of the sea. (Image courtesy of Dharshana Jayawardena) In 2020, six people from ...

The Sri Lanka Navy arrested 22 Indian fishermen on Saturday for alleged illegal fishing in the island nation’s waters and seized three fishing vessels. The fishermen were arrested from the North Sea ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deep In Sri Lanka The Vedda People Use Ancient Poison Fishing Methods Turning Plants Into Natural Fish Stunners As The Water ...

On what seemed to be a pleasant morning on the seaside, a group of tourists boating in Pigeon Island National Park in eastern Sri Lanka were in for an unpleasant shock. As they were taking in the rich ...

The prolonged dispute over fishing rights around Kachchatheevu Island in Palk Bay has been a source of tension between India and Sri Lanka for many years. The recent protests by Sri Lankan fishermen ...

On Monday, India and Sri Lanka held ministerial-level talks on their long-standing dispute over fishermen in the Palk Strait, the body of water running between India’s southeast coast and the northern ...

Aananda Jeya Baskaran used to visit the annual St. Anthony’s feast on the uninhabited island of Katchathivu with his family since his childhood. This time he came to the ‘Guardian of Fishermen’ in mid ...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attributed the ongoing issue of Sri Lanka arresting Indian fishermen to an agreement ...

Asia Is Racing to the Arctic, But It’s Not Easy This week, Sri Lanka adopted an amendment to its Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act banning bottom-trawling fishing in its waters. Those in violation ...