Mullaitivu off season fishing only for its fishermen | Daily News

Mullaitivu off season fishing only for its fishermen

 

Only the fishermen who have already been fishing in the sea will be permitted to continue fishing during the off season, Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Ministry spokesman W. M. D. Wanninayake said.

Refuting allegations by some organisations that the ministry has released a circular stating that the southern fishermen are prohibited to go fishing to the Mullaitivu sea, Wanninayake explained that following a request made by the Mullaitivu Fisheries Association, fishing in the Mullaitivu sea will be prohibited only to the fishermen who have begun fishing recently.

The fishermen in the southern as well as in the Puttalam area do not let the northern fishermen during the off season in those seas yet they enter Mullaitivu sea, the Mullaitivu Fisheries Association complained to the ministry. 


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