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EU fish import ban on Sri Lanka not lifted

Xinhua, February 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

The European Union (EU) on Thursday said that the fish import ban on Sri Lanka has not been lifted and that it will remain till the EU is satisfied that Sri Lanka has taken measures to strengthen management and control of its fisheries sector.

The European Commission held very constructive meetings last week with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera in Brussels on the issue of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU), the EU office in Colombo said.

The EU said that it was agreed that Sri Lanka would take a range of measures to strengthen management and control of its fisheries sector.

"Once the European Commission is satisfied that these measures have been taken by Sri Lanka, it would propose the lifting of the fisheries trade measures to the EU Members States. Until then the fisheries ban stays in place," the EU said.

The EU noted that it takes the global problem of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing very seriously and it encourages others to do the same.

The ban on Sri Lanka entered into force on Jan. 14, 2015. Endi