Navy seizes 05 unauthorized fishing nets cast in Kotuwamada lagoon

The Navy seized 05 unauthorized fishing nets cast in Kotuwamada lagoon area on 02^nd July 2020.

Due to its negative environmental impact, the Navy continues to conduct regular patrols to apprehend people who are engaging in illegal fishing activates with unauthorized fishing gear. Accordingly, naval personnel attached to the Eastern Naval Command, while patrolling the Kotuwamada lagoon, found these 05 unauthorized fishing nets (each about 100ft in length) cast in the lagoon.

The seized unauthorized nets were handed over to the Assistant Directorate of Fisheries, Batticaloa for onward investigation.