Skippers, owners and auctioneer ordered to pay £188,000

2009-01-13T14:35:00

The owners and skippers of six Newlyn fishing vessels who deliberately overfished protected fish stocks for financial gain and an auctioneer who sold their fish were ordered to pay a total of £188,450 in fines and costs by a judge at Truro Crown Court, UK, on 6 January.

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