Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Department of Coast Guard to arrest 28 Indian fishermen who were poaching, in three separate incidents, yesterday (12) in Sri Lankan waters.

Forty two sailors of naval artificer branch were awarded diploma certificates on successful completion of their course of study.

Naval personnel apprehended 24 local fisherman engaged in illegal fishing in two separate incidents on 10th March 2016.

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Welusumana in Northern Naval Area attested 20 persons along with a haul of 220 kgs of Sea Cucumbers, harvested illegally in Pallekuda beach area on 9th March 2016.

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Vijaya in Kalpitiya arrested two (2) persons with an illegal haul of 621 kilograms of sea cucumbers at Kirimundalam, Kalpitiya, on 09th March 2016.

At an invitation of the Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne the Secretary of the Ministry of Defence Eng. Karunasena Hettiarachchi declared open an RO plant for public use in Irattai Periyakulam in Vavunia today (10).

Naval personnel arrested 18 local fishermen engaged in illegal fishing in two separate incidents on 9th March 2016.

Sri Lanka Navy assisted the Sri Lanka Coast Guard to arrest four Indian fishermen along with an Indian fishing trawler poaching in Sri Lankan waters West of Karainagar Island on 9th March 2016.

The Royal Navy Omani Ship "Sadah" arrived at the Port of Colombo on 8th March 2016 on a goodwill visit.

The Commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne visited the Sri Lanka Navy's exhibition stall at the Agricultural Educational Trade Exhibition held in BMICH, today (7).