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Violation Tracker UK Individual Case

Company: Macduff Fishing Fleet Limited
Penalty: £22,936
Year: 2017
Date: 11 May, 2017
Offence Group: environment-related offences
Offence Type: commercial fishing violation
Violation Description: The court heard how the vessel was permitted to retain non-quota species as a bycatch of its main catch of scallops. However, it had fished on a number of occasions in an area known to contain mixed species where a bycatch of quota species was inevitable.
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Marine Management Organisation
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