Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) today highlighted the on-going illegal fishing activities being carried out by fishermen at Hendala, Wattala, Dikowita and Kepungoda areas when the Fisheries Department and many other marine environment protection authorities has prohibited such activities following the MV X-Press Pearl container ship disaster.
The Singapore registered X-press pearl container ship caught fire off the Colombo Harbour on May 20 this year and many containers inside the ship were immediately removed to prevent the fire from spreading.
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