Post by Hoppy on Aug 8, 2007 18:14:55 GMT -1
Dorset man prosecuted for handling illegally caught salmon
Crime certainly didn’t pay for a Poole man who ended up £800 out of pocket after being caught in possession of two illegally caught salmon.
Ian Rosenberg, 44, was also disqualified from holding any fishing licences for 12 months and given a two year conditional discharge when he appeared before Bournemouth magistrates yesterday (Tuesday).
Rosenberg was caught red-handed with the fish on July 17, 2006 during a three day ‘sting’ operation by the Environment Agency and Dorset Police that involved round the clock surveillance of Poole Harbour and surrounding rivers.
Surveillance officers saw two adult salmon being illegally caught in the River Sherford with a gill net. Rosenberg was later seen taking possession of the fish on Turlin Moor Beach, Hamworthy after they were brought ashore in aboat.
The Sherford is a small river that enters Poole Harbour and has a small population of salmon that is extremely vulnerable to poachers.
‘Serious damage to fish stocks can occur very quickly if illegal fishing is allowed to continue on small rivers like the Sherford. The case is important because it sends out a clear message that people who receive illegally caught salmon risk prosecution as well as those actually taking fish,’ said Stuart Kingston-Turner for the Environment Agency.
Rosenberg, of 20 Chapel Road, Poole, denied the offence of handling illegally caught salmon, but was found guilty during a trial at Bournemouth magistrates court on Tuesday.
He was ordered to pay £800 costs and in addition to being banned from holding any fishing licence for a year, was ordered to surrender a licence he held to land sea fish. He also received a two year conditional discharge.
Crime certainly didn’t pay for a Poole man who ended up £800 out of pocket after being caught in possession of two illegally caught salmon.
Ian Rosenberg, 44, was also disqualified from holding any fishing licences for 12 months and given a two year conditional discharge when he appeared before Bournemouth magistrates yesterday (Tuesday).
Rosenberg was caught red-handed with the fish on July 17, 2006 during a three day ‘sting’ operation by the Environment Agency and Dorset Police that involved round the clock surveillance of Poole Harbour and surrounding rivers.
Surveillance officers saw two adult salmon being illegally caught in the River Sherford with a gill net. Rosenberg was later seen taking possession of the fish on Turlin Moor Beach, Hamworthy after they were brought ashore in aboat.
The Sherford is a small river that enters Poole Harbour and has a small population of salmon that is extremely vulnerable to poachers.
‘Serious damage to fish stocks can occur very quickly if illegal fishing is allowed to continue on small rivers like the Sherford. The case is important because it sends out a clear message that people who receive illegally caught salmon risk prosecution as well as those actually taking fish,’ said Stuart Kingston-Turner for the Environment Agency.
Rosenberg, of 20 Chapel Road, Poole, denied the offence of handling illegally caught salmon, but was found guilty during a trial at Bournemouth magistrates court on Tuesday.
He was ordered to pay £800 costs and in addition to being banned from holding any fishing licence for a year, was ordered to surrender a licence he held to land sea fish. He also received a two year conditional discharge.