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 a permit for exporting Glacilaria verucosa. According to the source of National Aquatic Resource Agency of Sri Lanka, Glacilarias alicornia has not been identified for commercially potential article for export. However, Glacilaria verucosa is permitted to exports as it is available in commercial quantities.
