Post by GETHYN on Jun 8, 2007 11:19:37 GMT -1
During the early hours of Thursday morning (7 June) Enforcement Officers from Environment Agency Wales caught an individual retrieving an illegal net containing sea trout on the River Teifi at Newcastle Emlyn.
As a result of information received Environment Agency Wales Environmental Crime Officers had mounted a covert surveillance operation near the Rugby Club.
At around 5.30 am a man was seen retrieving three nets from the river. One of these contained six sea trout, weighing between four and eight pounds each. When the officers approached, the poacher attempted to run away but was caught, arrested by the officers and the police were called.
When the police arrived the Agency officers obtained sufficient details from the poacher to allow them to de-arrest him, and report him for summons. A file is now being prepared for prosecution.
Dafydd Williams, Agency Enforcement Team Leader said:
'We take this type of offence very seriously. The protection of vulnerable fish stocks is one of the Agency's key objectives. We will continue to make individuals who exploit our fisheries answerable for their crimes at every opportunity.
'The Teifi is currently not meeting its conservation target for migratory fish and we continue to be concerned that there are insufficient numbers of adult fish returning to the river to spawn. We are working with angling clubs, landowners and the Teifi Rivers Trust to improve the environment and fish stocks. Illegal fishing undermines these efforts by the community to improve their river.'
Note to Editor:
Anyone who sees pollution, illegal tipping of waste, poaching, fish in distress or danger to the natural environment can contact the Agency's emergency hotline on 0800 80 70 60. The hotline operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, calls are free and will be treated in the strictest confidence.
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Illegal netsman on the Teifi*.2
We are an Assembly Government Sponsored Body protecting and improving the environment in Wales for present and future generations. We are responsible for managing flood risk, dealing with pollution incidents, reducing industry's impacts on the environment, cleaning up rivers, coastal waters and contaminated land, and improving wildlife habitats.
More information about the Agency is available on the world wide web - www.environment-agency.wales.gov.uk
Gall yr wybodaeth yn y neges hon fod yn gyfrinachol, ac yn gyfreithiol freiniol. Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhoddwch wybod ar unwaith i’r sawl a’i gyrrodd, os gwelwch yn dda. Yna dilëwch hi, a pheidiwch â gyrru copi at neb arall.
Bu inni fwrw golwg ar yr e-bost hwn a’i atodiadau, rhag bod feirysau ynddo. Serch hynny, dylech chwilio unrhyw atodiad cyn ei agor.
Efallai bydd rhaid inni ryddhau’r neges hon, ac unrhyw ateb iddi, i sylw’r cyhoedd pe gofynnid inni tan y Ddeddf Rhyddid Gwybodaeth, y Ddeddf Gwarchod Data neu at ddibenion ymgyfreithio. Y mae’n bosib hefyd y darllenir negesau ac atodiadau e-bost a yrrir at unrhyw gyfeiriad Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd, neu a dderbynnir oddi yno, gan rywun arall na’r gyrrwr a’r derbynnydd. Hynny at ddibenion busnes.
Os ydym wedi gyrru gwybodaeth atoch, a chithau’n dymuno’i defnyddio, yna ddarllenwch ein telerau a’n hamodau, os gwelwch yn dda. Gellir eu cael trwy ein galw ar 08708 506 506. Am ragor o wybodaeth ynghylch Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd Cymru, ewch at www.asiantaeth-amgylchedd.cymru.gov.uk.
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As a result of information received Environment Agency Wales Environmental Crime Officers had mounted a covert surveillance operation near the Rugby Club.
At around 5.30 am a man was seen retrieving three nets from the river. One of these contained six sea trout, weighing between four and eight pounds each. When the officers approached, the poacher attempted to run away but was caught, arrested by the officers and the police were called.
When the police arrived the Agency officers obtained sufficient details from the poacher to allow them to de-arrest him, and report him for summons. A file is now being prepared for prosecution.
Dafydd Williams, Agency Enforcement Team Leader said:
'We take this type of offence very seriously. The protection of vulnerable fish stocks is one of the Agency's key objectives. We will continue to make individuals who exploit our fisheries answerable for their crimes at every opportunity.
'The Teifi is currently not meeting its conservation target for migratory fish and we continue to be concerned that there are insufficient numbers of adult fish returning to the river to spawn. We are working with angling clubs, landowners and the Teifi Rivers Trust to improve the environment and fish stocks. Illegal fishing undermines these efforts by the community to improve their river.'
Note to Editor:
Anyone who sees pollution, illegal tipping of waste, poaching, fish in distress or danger to the natural environment can contact the Agency's emergency hotline on 0800 80 70 60. The hotline operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, calls are free and will be treated in the strictest confidence.
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Illegal netsman on the Teifi*.2
We are an Assembly Government Sponsored Body protecting and improving the environment in Wales for present and future generations. We are responsible for managing flood risk, dealing with pollution incidents, reducing industry's impacts on the environment, cleaning up rivers, coastal waters and contaminated land, and improving wildlife habitats.
More information about the Agency is available on the world wide web - www.environment-agency.wales.gov.uk
Gall yr wybodaeth yn y neges hon fod yn gyfrinachol, ac yn gyfreithiol freiniol. Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhoddwch wybod ar unwaith i’r sawl a’i gyrrodd, os gwelwch yn dda. Yna dilëwch hi, a pheidiwch â gyrru copi at neb arall.
Bu inni fwrw golwg ar yr e-bost hwn a’i atodiadau, rhag bod feirysau ynddo. Serch hynny, dylech chwilio unrhyw atodiad cyn ei agor.
Efallai bydd rhaid inni ryddhau’r neges hon, ac unrhyw ateb iddi, i sylw’r cyhoedd pe gofynnid inni tan y Ddeddf Rhyddid Gwybodaeth, y Ddeddf Gwarchod Data neu at ddibenion ymgyfreithio. Y mae’n bosib hefyd y darllenir negesau ac atodiadau e-bost a yrrir at unrhyw gyfeiriad Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd, neu a dderbynnir oddi yno, gan rywun arall na’r gyrrwr a’r derbynnydd. Hynny at ddibenion busnes.
Os ydym wedi gyrru gwybodaeth atoch, a chithau’n dymuno’i defnyddio, yna ddarllenwch ein telerau a’n hamodau, os gwelwch yn dda. Gellir eu cael trwy ein galw ar 08708 506 506. Am ragor o wybodaeth ynghylch Asiantaeth yr Amgylchedd Cymru, ewch at www.asiantaeth-amgylchedd.cymru.gov.uk.
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