This article titled “Fishing skippers and factory fined nearly £1m for illegal catches” was written by Severin Carrell, Scotland correspondent, for The Guardian on Friday 24th February 2012 18.26 UTC An inquiry into the UK’s largest fishing scandal has uncovered “serious and organised” criminality by Scottish trawlermen and fish processors…
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Almost an entire fishing port’s trawler fleet has been fined over £122,800 for breaching government fishing regulations and putting stocks at risk. Ten North Yorkshire trawler captains – 90% of Whitby’s fleet – were in the dock at Hull Crown Court after pleading guilty to 55 charges. The men, who…
