Sri Lanka calls to ban fishing methods harming marine eco-systems
Sri Lanka on Saturday asked the international community to ban all fishing methods that harm marine eco-systems worldwide.
“I want to take this opportunity to call for the discontinuation and banning of all fishing methods that harm marine eco-systems, worldwide, in particular, bottom trawling,” Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said in his address to the ‘Our Ocean Conference 2016’, which concluded here on Friday.
In his address, the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister outlined the commitments made by Sri Lanka under the themes- Marine Protected Areas, Marine Pollution, Sustainable Fisheries, and Climate and Ocean.
“By the end of this year, we will complete the construction of a sea turtle conservation complex to treat and provide a sanctuary for injured turtles and educate and create awareness among the local communities,” said Samaraweera.
Noting that amongst the different ecosystems in Sri Lanka, mangroves represent a unique collection of specialised fauna and flora adapted to survive in brackish water conditions and in inter-tidal zones, the Minister said the government is in process of drafting a National Policy for Conservation and the Sustainable Utilisation of Mangrove Ecosystems.
In July this year, to mark International Mangrove Day, President Maithripala Sirisena inaugurated the world’s first mangrove museum in Sri Lanka.
(The Times of India)
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Sri Lanka even can’t stop Indians poaching and over fishing in Sri Lanka’s territorial waters. Now they are calling tostop fishing methods harming marine eco-system and this is a joke.
This calling from us is to the big time fishing trawlers from Japan and China etc not for the poor people in the Tamil Nadu. After all they collect a few handfuls of sprats and the likes in their multi day fishing trawlers for their daily sustenance . Big fat lady across the Palk need not get unnecessarily disturbed. We understand your plight Dear Madam and Dear Modi Sir, you may carry on regardless. We hate to disagree with you, after all India gave us Buddhism No ?