Illegal crays found in shower cubicle

Press, 13 August 1980, Page 4

Illegal crays found in shower cubicle

A , Kaikoura pensioner caught with a case of undersized crayfish in his shower was fined $330 when he appeared in, the District Court at Kaikoura.

Hedley Leonard Clarke, retired, admitted two charges of possessing 130 undersized spiny crayfish and three female rock lobsters carrying external eggs. Judge Graham convicted and fined him $lOO on each charge and an extra $1 for each under-sjzed crayfish. A fisheries inspector had searched a house at South Bay and found . the, case of under-sized crayfish in a shower cubicle and the three lobster in the refrigerator.

$5BO FINES Two commercial fishermen each paid a $5BO fine for landing their catch of undersized crayfish. ' Charles Richard Warman and" Sidney Reginald Thorpe of Kaikoura, both admitted the charge of landing 110 under-sized spiny crayfish from the fishing boat Margaret when they appeared before the Judge. They were each convicted and fined $250 ; and, another $3 for each crayfish/- " A fisheries inspector had seen the fishermen,land two cases of crayfish at the old wharf and then put one case in a locker. When inspected, the crayfish in the locker were found to ba undersized.