.: APNL condemning of arresting fisher leaders in a press release

"Alliance for Protection of Negombo Lagoon" had issued a media release today condemning arrest of two fisher trade union leaders while they were educating general public distributing a leaflet on on going sea plane

issue on Negombo Lagoon yesterday.

It further reveals that, fishermen are frustrated with the effort of regional politicians have been taking to prevent fishermen involvement in protecting the lagoon.

The alliance finally says that they have committed each other to defeat government suppression on all kind of communities in the country and all come forward to protect the lagoon as well as freedom of expression.

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NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practice in coastal areas. ...NAFSO has helped a fishing community to take legal action against a proposal to build a five-star hotel on a mangrove where fish spawn."We are not against hotels, because they bring tourism and income. But 3,000 families and 15,000 fishermen use this lagoon and all of them could be affected by the developments. Only 200 would be employed by the hotel. The lagoon is our mother, and we must protect her." Jude Preman Fernando, local fisherman. At the present situation we are continuing our campaign with small scale fishermen to urge the government to take legal action against Destructive Fishing Practices around the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. View my complete profile

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APNL condemning of arresting fisher leaders in a press release