Basic Search  |  Summaries  |  Advanced SearchPenalty: £20,096
Year: 2016
Date: 14 December, 2016
Offence Group: environment-related offences
Offence Type: commercial fishing violation
Violation Description: Worthing Magistrates Court heard how, in November 2015, the vessel was inspected by Marine Management Organisation (MMO) marine enforcement officers at Shoreham and a quantity of scallops below the minimum conservation reference size of 110mm were found amongst the vessel's catch. On further inspection it was revealed that 8.09% of the entire catch was below the prescribed legal size, which equated to some 2.65 metric tonnes of scallops which were undersized that had been retained.
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Marine Management Organisation
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