Minister’s wife in ‘fishy’ fishing - Ravaya

A company belonging to the wife of Posts and Telecommunication Minister Mahinda Wijesekara is involved in unloading fish locally in violation of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act, ‘Ravaya’ reports.

Named ‘Bonbridge’, the company has obtained permission from the Director General of Aquatic Resources, but had not supplied 25 per cent of the catch as per agreement, said the newspaper.

Gazette extraordinary 1555/13, published on July 26th, 2008 makes it compulsory for written official permission for unloading fish in a Sri Lankan commercial and fisheries harbor or other unloading centre.

According to ‘Ravaya’, a trawler belonging to Mrs. Wijesekara’s company had unloaded around 100,000 kilogrammes of fish at the Galle Harbour on July 23rd.