NO clue about missing Lankan fishermen

 

Search operations are in progress to locate three Sri Lankan fishermen gone missing while fishing in the seas off Tangalle, Fisheries Department sources stated.

“The search operations were conducted by the Sri Lankan Navy and the Air Force on the instruction of the Fisheries Department but had found no clue as to what had happened,” Fisheries Department Assistant Director stated.

“The fishermen had ventured out to sea on June 25 and were expected to return the following day. According to the boat owner the last known position of the fishing craft was 05.45 North and 80.49 East, and some fifty or sixty nautical miles away from the Sri Lankan coast,” Mr. de Silva stated.

“We have informed merchant vessels passing Sri Lanka waters to inform the navy if they sight the boat or the fishermen,” he added.