Mara China ships walata lankawe kodiya gahagena lankawa wate malu allanna deela Europe walata lankawe fish export ban una eka dannawada 
Sri Lanka cancels eight Chinese vessels’ right to fish
March 2, 2015, 2:08 pm
Neil Ramsden
Sri Lanka's new government has accused Chinese companies of illegal fishing under Sri Lanka's flag, and cancelled eight vessels' right to fish, reports the Sunday Times.
Sri Lanka’s sea to China
Monday, 12 August 2013 10:54
The Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Development Rajitha Senaratne has signed an agreement that gives the right to a Chinese company to fish in Sri Lankan waters using large trawlers reveals a very reliable source.
Accordingly, 40 large Chinese trawlers that dwarf local boats that fish in our waters will commence fishing in our waters say these sources adding the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Development has got the support of the highest in the UPFA government for this venture.
Chinese craft break fishing rules; Lanka faces EU ban
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Sri Lanka has been given a further three-month extension to fulfil obligations imposed by the European Union to prevent Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing practices or face a ban on fish exports to EU countries, officials said yesterday. The move comes in the wake of reports that Chinese craft among the vessels operating under the Sri Lankan flag have been responsible for IUU fishing, thereby putting the country’s fishing industry at stake.
At least eight Chinese vessels were recently given approval to operate under Sri Lanka’s flag. A spokesman for the Sri Lanka’s Mission to the European Union in Brussels told the Sunday Times that on Friday the EU had decided to grant time until December to meet the conditions which include the monitoring of fishing vessels entitled to operate under Sri Lanka’s flag.
