COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—A cargo ship carrying tons of chemicals sank off Sri Lanka’s west coast, its navy said on June 2, and tons of plastic pellets have fouled the country’s rich fishing waters in one of its worst marine disasters.
The government has suspended fishing along an 80-km (50-mile) stretch of the island’s coastline, affecting 5,600 fishing boats, and hundreds of soldiers have been deployed to clean affected beaches.
