Sunday, September 6, 2020 - 12:51
The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Department today issued a notification all the small and one – day fisheries vessels to temporarily suspend fisheries activities due to inclement weather.
“This is to notify all the small and one – day fisheries vessels that intend to set off for their occupation at the sea, not to navigate off – shores until noon Monday since the wind speed across the deep and shallow sea area around the island would rise up to 70 kmph according to the warning notification issued by the Meteorology Department” the Department said.
The Meteorology Department informed the fishermen and naval communities that venturing into sea areas would be dangerous as the sea areas around the island can be very rough in this period.