No move to lift ban on spear fishing in Sri Lanka

13 Feb, 2022

The Government says it has no plans to lift the ban on spear fishing in Sri Lanka.

State Minister of Fisheries Kanchana Wijesekera said that there have been requests to lift the ban on spear fishing.

However he said that spear fishing remains illegal in Sri Lanka and the Government of Sri Lanka will not be lifting the ban or relaxing the current laws.

The State Minister said the Department of Fisheries has also commenced an investigation in to the videos shared on social media on illegal Spear Fishing.

He said that continuous raids are conducted islandwide by officials and that two weeks ago such raids were conducted in Dehiwala and Colombo. (Colombo Gazette)

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