The authorities are to provide sophisticated monitoring systems to multi-day boat operators in the north to prevent them from straying into Indian waters where they face arrest and jail sentences.
The Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) that will cost some Euro $ 400,000 will be given to the boat owners before the year’s end, Fisheries Minister, Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said today.
He said this will be one effective manner the ongoing fishing dispute on both sides of the Palk Straits could be minimized and help maintain the good relationship between the two countries.
At present there is some 40 multi-day fishing craft operating in the Jaffna Peninsula, S. Thavaratnam with the Jaffna District Fishermen’s Co-operative Society’s Unions’ Federation (Ltd) (JDFCSUFL) said.
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