Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced SearchPenalty: £19,620
Year: 2017
Date: 17 July, 2017
Offence Group: environment-related offences
Offence Type: commercial fishing violation
Violation Description: The court heard that in January 2017 the vessel was boarded by officers from the Royal Navy fisheries protection vessel HMS Severn which was carrying out fisheries enforcement duties in the area. During the inspection it was identified that the vessel was not transmitting on its Automatic Identification System (AIS), contrary to Section 30(1) of the Fisheries Act 1981 as read with article 10 of Council regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Marine Management Organisation
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