Naval patrol craft attached to the Eastern Naval Command arrested 18 persons with 3 FGDs, 03 pairs of diving flippers, 04 diving masks, 03 snorkels and 03 purse-seine nets intended to be used in illegal fishing in the seas off Kallarawa in Pulmudai on 25th February 2015.

Sri Lanka Navy arrested 86 Indian fishermen poaching well inside Sri Lankan waters on 26th February 2015.