Lagatar24 Desk
Ramanathapuram, June 22: In the Palk Bay Sea, northwest of Delft Island in Jaffna, the Sri Lankan Navy detained 22 fishermen from Tamil Nadu and seized four Indian trawlers on Wednesday night.
“The Sri Lanka Navy conducted a special operation to chase away Indian poaching trawlers from Sri Lankan waters in the dark hours of 21st June. The operation led to the seizure of 4 Indian trawlers with 22 Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters northwest of Delft Island, Jaffna,” said Sri Lanka Navy on its official website.
According to the Fishermen Association in Rameswaram of the Ramanathapuram district, the fishermen detained are from the districts of Nagapattinam, Pudukkottai and Ramanathapuram.
The 22 Indian fishermen and the seized trawlers were carried to the Kankesanthurai harbour and would be given to the Mailadi Fisheries Inspector for further legal processes, the Sri Lanka Navy said.
N J Bose, the general secretary of the Tamil Nadu Fishermen Association said the arrests had caused local fishermen to become agitated.
