Navy Maritime Law Enforcement
The Sri Lanka Navy conducted operations to combat illegal fishing and resource harvesting, including seizing over 1,500 illegally harvested sea cucumbers. Enforcement efforts focus on protecting marine resources in lagoons and coastal waters.
So the Navy's out here playing Where's Waldo with sea cucumbers—1,500 of them. That's either a massive illegal operation or the world's most committed sushi restaurant supplier. Either way, those sea cucumbers are probably thinking "I survived the ocean just to get arrested in a lagoon."
The Sri Lanka Navy arrested one suspect and seized a small boat carrying approximately 1,500 illegally harvested sea cucumbers during an operation in the Valaipadu lagoon in Kilinochchi yesterday (Oct.29). Personnel from SLNS Buwaneka, operating under the North Central Naval https://t.co/SekCjCoDQt