Herring ‘poaching’ costs £52,500
i NZPA-Reuter Aberdeen A Dutch skipper has been fined £25,000 in Aberdeen. Scotland, for fishing in British waters for herring 20 hours after a ban was imposed. The Aberdeen Sheriff Court also ordered the confiscation of gear worth £20,000 and fish worth £7500 from captain Nicholas de Niet’s Scheveningenbased trawler Maria. Britain banned herring fishing inside its 200-mile limit last Friday as a conservation measure. The ban also applies to British boats. The Maria was arrested
80 km off Aberdeen by a frigate, the court was told, and only 15 minutes later Captain de Niet received instructions from the owners in the Netherlands to stop fishing and return home. The Dutch herring fleet returned to port last Saturday after the Dutch Government had told fishermen that the British measure was legal.
The ban applies to the end of the year. The Dutch Prime Minister (Mr Joop den Uyl) called it “abrupt,” and the Foreign Minister (Mr Max van der Stoel) protested against it to the British Foreign Secretary (Dr David Owen).
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