Belgian fishing with blinders to pay £43,000 and forfeit gear

Owners and the master of the Belgian beam trawler "Neptunus" were ordered to pay a total of £43,374 in fines and costs by Lowestoft Magistrates, UK, on Monday 8 September after pleading guilty to fishing with blinders in both trawl nets.

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