Negombo fish market is an interesting site to see as well as the fishing villages in the vicinity. It's a hive of activity starting in the early hours and finishing by around late noon. Negombo has a large fishing industry and hundreds, if not thousands, of boats of all sizes leave the shores each day to fish in the Laccadive Sea or further afield. Most are small day boats that come back the same day, with many of them offloading their catch along Negombo’s large beach front. The larger boats tend to spend at least a couple of weeks out fishing and it was these boats that had the larger hauls.