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Fish quota offences cost £500,000 | Fish quota offences cost £500,000 |
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A boat owner has been ordered to pay almost £500,000 after his company admitted exceeding fishing quotas. | A boat owner has been ordered to pay almost £500,000 after his company admitted exceeding fishing quotas. |
Dumfries and Galloway firm TN Trawlers admitted a total of 26 offences which broke European regulations controlling catches of specified species of fish. | Dumfries and Galloway firm TN Trawlers admitted a total of 26 offences which broke European regulations controlling catches of specified species of fish. |
Owner Tom Nicholson, of Annan, was ordered to pay £472,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act. | Owner Tom Nicholson, of Annan, was ordered to pay £472,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act. |
He has six months to raise the cash or face a jail term. He was also fined £27,000 at Newcastle Crown Court. | He has six months to raise the cash or face a jail term. He was also fined £27,000 at Newcastle Crown Court. |
The case followed an 18-month investigation between January 2004 and July 2005 by the Marine and Fisheries Agency into the so-called "black fish" trade. | The case followed an 18-month investigation between January 2004 and July 2005 by the Marine and Fisheries Agency into the so-called "black fish" trade. |
Whether you agree or disagree, some control has to be exercised and that control has to be enforced Judge David Wood | Whether you agree or disagree, some control has to be exercised and that control has to be enforced Judge David Wood |
Nicholson's fleet operates in the Solway Firth and the South of England including Padstow, Newlyn, Falmouth and Brixham. | |
Last year, six of his skippers were fined in connection with the probe. | Last year, six of his skippers were fined in connection with the probe. |
Judge David Wood told Nicholson that a message had to be sent out to people in the fishing industry that breaking the rules would not be tolerated and would be met with large penalties. | Judge David Wood told Nicholson that a message had to be sent out to people in the fishing industry that breaking the rules would not be tolerated and would be met with large penalties. |
"It is well known that fishing stocks around the UK and European countries are seriously depleted and some stocks are threatened with extinction," he said. | "It is well known that fishing stocks around the UK and European countries are seriously depleted and some stocks are threatened with extinction," he said. |
"Whether you agree or disagree, some control has to be exercised and that control has to be enforced." | "Whether you agree or disagree, some control has to be exercised and that control has to be enforced." |
He said that failing to declare catches endangered the livelihoods of others in the industry. | He said that failing to declare catches endangered the livelihoods of others in the industry. |
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