Biodiversity Protection Detections

The Biodiversity, Cultural and National Heritage Protection Unit of the Sri Lanka Customs seized a shipment containing prohibited chanks (shells of a marine mollusc belong

Biodiversity, Cultural and National Heritage Protection (BCNP) Unit of Sri Lanka Customs has seized a shipment containing dried shark fins belong to two (02) Shark

BCNP officers seized 76 Tomato Hind fish (Cephalopholis Sonnerati) at the Air Cargo Village Terminal of the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake on 10.03.2021 while attempting

Seized Items: Protected Shark Fins (Dried) – 307 kilograms, belongs to approximately 300 sharks Mobulid Ray Gill plates (Dried) – 248.5 kilograms, belongs to appx.

This detection was made by Bio Diversity Cultural and National Heritage protection division officers on 17.12.2020 at the Export Facilitation centre. The shipment was declared

Sri Lanka customs has detained a container on 21.10.2020 at Export Facilitation Center, Colombo 13. After examination, it was found that 39.98 kg of Wallapatta

On 18.10.2020 BCNP officers seized a consignment contained flesh meat of Ray fish (Mobula Spp.). This species is covered under CITES Appendix II. The exporter

On 18.10.2020, Customs has detained a consignment of excess quantity of plants by violating provisions of Plants Protection Act and Customs Ordinance. This consignment was

On 21.09.2020 Customs detained a shipment of sea weeds and penalized (Rs. 100,000) the enterprise for illegal attempt of exporting Glacilaria salicornia species by using

Famous live ornamental fish exporter tried to export an endemic fish species which was recently discovered in Sri Lanka.These species were identified by Mr. Hiranya