Tonnes of plastic pellets from a burning container ship swamped Sri Lanka’s west coast yesterday, prompting a ban on fishing as international efforts to salvage the vessel dragged into a ninth day. The government announced the ban along an 80km coastal area, including Colombo, fearing contamination with pollutants and plastic waste from the stricken ship. “We will compensate the owners of 5,600 boats affected by the ban,” fisheries minister Kanchana Wijesekera said while adding that seafood currently in the market was safe for consumption. Millions of plastic granules washed up at the holiday resort of Kalutara - 43kms south of Colombo - yesterday, a day after similar pollution at Negombo,
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