{"id":389,"date":"2026-06-02T06:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T06:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/124.43.146.194\/?p=389"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T09:32:15","slug":"seas-around-the-island-to-be-very-rough-fishermen-are-urged-to-avoid-fishing-activities-emergency-notice-from-the-fisheries-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/?p=389","title":{"rendered":"Seas around the island to be very rough: Fishermen are urged to avoid fishing activities \u2013 Emergency notice from the Fisheries Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"389\" class=\"elementor elementor-389\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3232be78 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3232be78\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49bc3f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49bc3f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Seas around the island to be very rough: Fishermen are urged to avoid fishing activities \u2013 Emergency notice from the Fisheries Department<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c2d64a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c2d64a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC6075.jpg.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-390\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC6075.jpg.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC6075.jpg-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/DSC6075.jpg-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1323e2d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1323e2d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the special weather forecast issued by the Department of Meteorology at 10:30 a.m. today (02), the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has warned that engaging in fishing activities will be extremely risky over the next 24 hours, as sea conditions around the island are expected to be very rough.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department stated that wind speeds could increase to 50\u201360 kilometres per hour at times in sea areas extending from Mullaitivu to Kankesanthurai, Mannar, Puttalam, Colombo, Galle, and from Hambantota to Pottuvil. As a result, these sea areas will be highly dangerous for fishing operations.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this regard, the Director General of the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Mr. Susantha Kahawatte, emphasized the following:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;I kindly urge all fishermen to refrain from engaging in fishing activities in the above-mentioned sea areas during the next 24 hours. Fishing vessels currently operating in these areas should return to shore safely as soon as possible. I would also like to remind all fishermen that wearing life jackets is mandatory while carrying out any fishing activity.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources further advises the entire fishing community to remain vigilant regarding the prevailing adverse weather conditions and to strictly follow the instructions issued by the relevant authorities in order to safeguard lives and property.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seas around the island to be very rough: Fishermen are urged to avoid fishing activities \u2013 Emergency notice from the Fisheries Department According to the special weather forecast issued by the Department of Meteorology at 10:30 a.m. today (02), the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has warned that engaging in fishing activities will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-si-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":394,"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions\/394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fisheries.gov.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}