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Indian poachers deprive northern fishermen of livelihood: Sri Lanka

Northern fishermen have called upon the Sri Lankan government to prevent Indian fishermen depriving them of their livelihood by poaching in Sri Lanka’s territorial waters.

President of the Fishermen’s Association of Jaffna, S. Thavaratnam told The Island that talks between high ranking officials of the governments of India and Sri Lanka had not deterred the Indian fishermen from venturing into Sri Lankan waters and harvesting fish at will.

"The Indian fishermen are helped by Indian Navy and Coast Guard to enter the Sri Lankan waters and return home with their exploits with impunity," Thavaratnam alleged.

He said around 600 Indian boats had found their way into the Sri Lankan water with the assistance of an Indian Navy vessel on Saturday and harvested a lot of fish before going away.

The Indian fishermen who called off a three-day old strike against the detention of 23 fellow fishermen by Sri Lankan Naval on June 20 had attempted to cross the IMBL on Saturday, Thavaratnam said.

The Sri Lankan Navy had warned the poachers but it had withdrawn on seeing an approaching Indian vessel allowing the Indian fishermen to carry out their illegal fishing to their heart’s content, Thavaratnam said.

Meanwhile, a news report published by The Hindu confirmed the allegation levelled by Thavaratnam. A report filed from Rameswaram said an Indian Navy ship on a patrol had turned out to be the saviour of a large group of fishermen chased away by Sri Lankan Navy close to International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).

However, the Sri Lankan Navy denied this claim.

The Hindu report further said: "As they reached the area close to IMBL, they were chased away by Sri Lankan Navy men who came in their patrol boats, the officials said quoting the fishermen who returned to the shores in the wee hours Sunday.

However, the Sri Lankan Navy men retreated on seeing the Indian Navy ship, they said adding the fishermen also told them they were able to fish without any trouble thereafter. "We could fish without any problem till mid night and return to the shore," one of the fishermen told officials. The fishermen had a good catch as they put out to the sea after a gap of four days, officials said."

Thavaratnam welcomed the capture by the Sri Lanka Navy of four Indian trawlers along with 23 fishermen in Sri Lankan waters. He accused the Indian fishermen of causing irreparable damage to fishing resources of Sri Lanka.

Thavaratnam said were organised groups of Indians who poached in Sri Lankan waters.

"Having destroyed their fishing resources through illegal methods, they have now turned to Sri Lanka’s," Thavaratnam said of Indian fishermen.

President of the Mannar District Fishermen’s Cooperative Society N.M. Aalam told The Island that the Indians should understand that they were ruining the livelihood of thousands of Northern fishermen who had suffered immensely for decades owing to the war.

"We will launch a protest demanding that the Sri Lankan government confiscate all vessels and equipment belonging to the Indian fishermen who poach in Sri Lankan waters," Aalam said.

Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Dr. Rajitha Senaratna was not available for comment.

Navy Spokesman Commander Kosala Waranakulasuriya denied that the Lankan Navy had retreated on seeing an Indian naval vessel on Saturday. He said he had been out of Colombo and therefore was not aware of the details of the incident. However, he said there was no truth in the claim that the Navy had withdrawn allowing the Indian fishermen to harvest Sri Lanka’s fishing resources illegally. He said the Navy would not allow any intrusions into Sri Lanka’s territorial waters.


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funny thing is sri lankan navy killed tamil fishermen when they were alone..but when they got the sight of indian navy they ran lol
its like tom and jerry and bull dog
tom biases jerry to catch ,jerry runs away to hide but when the bull dog comes tom runs away lol

btw sri lankans you deserve this
i'm also waiting for war crime probe on srilanka
didn't US COURT summon your president?
whom will you ask help?
Us ?they summoned your president
russia?forget it
uk ?lol we don't worry
pakistan? Good option;)
china?few days back they hosted indian defence delegation and are looking for good ties

france?rafale

for the war crime done by sri lankans you have hard times ahead
 
The Sri Lankan Navy had warned the poachers but it had withdrawn on seeing an approaching Indian vessel allowing the Indian fishermen to carry out their illegal fishing to their heart’s content, Thavaratnam said.

However, the Sri Lankan Navy denied this claim.

Ur own ppl are claiming SL navy is a coward :rofl:

and where was China now..???
 
funny thing is sri lankan navy killed tamil fishermen when they were alone..but when they got the sight of indian navy they ran lol
its like tom and jerry and bull dog
tom biases jerry to catch ,jerry runs away to hide but when the bull dog comes tom runs away lol

btw sri lankans you deserve this
i'm also waiting for war crime probe on srilanka
didn't US COURT summon your president?
whom will you ask help?
Us ?they summoned your president
russia?forget it
uk ?lol we don't worry
pakistan? Good option;)
china?few days back they hosted indian defence delegation and are looking for good ties

france?rafale

for the war crime done by sri lankans you have hard times ahead

War crimes on Sri Lanka :rofl::rofl:

You can report it to UNHRC, Let’s see what happens…….
 
Is anything to do with China........

Actually that is the reason y few Srilankans in ur country and in pdf are into India bashing..u think Chinese will come to save ur @$$e$ if u have trouble with India..luckily some saner elements in ur foreign ministry and in ur media know that peace will only come in ur country if u dont antagonize India.
 
Actually that is the reason y few Srilankans in ur country and in pdf are into India bashing..u think Chinese will come to save ur @$$e$ if u have trouble with India..luckily some saner elements in ur foreign ministry and in ur media know that peace will only come in ur country if u dont antagonize India.

We are trying to keep the relations in a comfortable level…

But some people in your country again and again starting problems with us.

Recently BCCI….
 
We are trying to keep the relations in a comfortable level…

But some people in your country again and again starting problems with us.

Recently BCCI….

Actually ur some ppl in ur country have killed tamils extra-judiciously and some ppl are actually supporting such heinous crimes here..

lets not get into BCCI - SLPL issue here...its completely offtopic..BCCI is a private entity and not a department/organisation under GoI..it is a profit oriented company and it takes decision it feels is right for itself..it is not a representative of 1.2 billion ppl..heck it does not even listen to GoI..if u dont understand this much then u r no different from some fools here who see conspiracy into everything
 
Actually ur some ppl in ur country have killed tamils extra-judiciously and some ppl are actually supporting such heinous crimes here..

lets not get into BCCI - SLPL issue here...its completely offtopic..BCCI is a private entity and not a department/organisation under GoI..it is a profit oriented company and it takes decision it feels is right for itself..it is not a representative of 1.2 billion ppl..heck it does not even listen to GoI..if u dont understand this much then u r no different from some fools here who see conspiracy into everything

Let’s maintain relations in a comfortable level agreed by both countries

Yes, agree let’s keep BCCI out….

By the way SLN had told your fisherman to leave, we did not arrest them.
 
War crimes on Sri Lanka :rofl::rofl:

You can report it to UNHRC, Let’s see what happens…….

didn't your president refuse for the summons by americans...they tried to probe your leaders and in my earlier post i said don't expect help from them

east west your right sri lankans here think chinees will come to their rescue lol

sri lankan small info for you
china said"attack on pakistan is an attack on china"
in few days americans raided pakistan and nato jets violated pakistans airspace and bombed several targets

who is much closer to china?
pakistan oh sri lanka?
 
didn't your president refuse for the summons by americans...they tried to probe your leaders and in my earlier post i said don't expect help from them

east west your right sri lankans here think chinees will come to their rescue lol

sri lankan small info for you
china said"attack on pakistan is an attack on china"
in few days americans raided pakistan and nato jets violated pakistans airspace and bombed several targets

who is much closer to china?
pakistan oh sri lanka?

I think you know the name ISRAEL

We know how to deal with US very well.
 

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