Conservation

At Sportfishing Lanka, we are very committed to the protection and continued fish stocks here in Sri Lanka. 

From the onset of Sportfishing Lanka, we have been working with various conservation organisation, Billfish Tagging Program and we also worked with some local administrations, as advisors to develop better sportfishing habits to protect general marine life. We have implemented catch and release habits.

 
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Catch and Release

At Sportfishing Lanka, we practice catch and release. 

We constantly strive to minimise injuries to the fish during the fight and the time from landing to releasing the fish back into the water. 

We are happy for all anglers to take a photo with their catch as long as it does not endangered the life of the fish. 

In Sri Lanka, all licensed sportfishing vessel are not permitted to keep any catch for commercial purposes. All live fish has to be released by law. However, any unfortunate fish that have died, maybe kept for personal consumption at the discretion of the boat captain.

INternational Game Fish Association

At Sportfishing Lanka, we follow IGFA fishing rules. We are currently working to join the IGFA member. For more information on the IGFA, please click on this link : https://www.igfa.org 

Join the International game Fish Association here https://igfa.org/membership-account/membership-levels/

THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION

Sportfishing Lanka participate to the Tagging Program of The Billfish Foundation.

We have already tag :

- Blue Marlin

  • 26th October 2019 - 180 lb - Tag BF#399103

  • 3rd January 2020 - 400 lb - Tag BF#399102

  • 6th March 2021 - 150 lb - Tag BF#398961

- Sailfish

  • 24th January 2023 - Tag BF#398962

  • 27th March 2023 - Tag BF#398963

For more information on these program, please click on this link : http://www.billfish.org