Sri Lanka Navy’s Inter Command Athletics Meet was held in the sports ground of Naval and Maritime Academy in Trincomalee on 12th and 13th March 2016 in a flamboyant fashion.

Under the visionary concept of Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, another two phases of the mangrove plantation project, in view of stopping sea erosion, were held in Northern and North Central Commands.

Naval personnel attached to SLNS Mahanaga in Panama arrested three local fishermen with an FGD engaged in illegal fishing between Sangamankanda and Thirukkovil sea areas on 12th March 2016.

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.