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October 2024: Prosecution for netting offences
22nd October 2024
On 16 October 2024, at Truro Magistrates Court, Cornwall IFCA successfully prosecuted the owner and master of the fishing vessel My Danielle PH338 for unlawfully fishing with a net in Barn Pool in the River Tamar. Mark Anthony ...
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March 2024: Prosecution for scalloping offences
27th March 2024
On 19 March 2024, at Truro Magistrates Court, Cornwall IFCA successfully prosecuted Carl Snell (39) of Torquay Devon, the skipper of the fishing vessel Alicja Rose BF71, for a string of offences relating to the vessel’s scallop ...
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March 2023: IFCA conduct and operation survey
12th March 2024
Defra consultation. Defra is inviting all stakeholders to provide their views on the work of Cornwall IFCA to create a report covering 1st September 2018 to 31st August 2022. The Marine and Coastal Access ...
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January 2024: Prosecution for retaining bass
25th January 2024
On 24 January 2024, at Truro Magistrates Court, Cornwall IFCA successfully prosecuted David Paul Ingram (67) of Mousehole Cornwall, the master and owner of the unlicensed vessel Tergeron for using a net to catch and retain Europ ...
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Dec 2023: Sentencing for scalloping offences
21st December 2023
Sarah Jane Fishing Limited was ordered to pay nearly £30,000 for offences committed in Cornish waters. On the 20 th December 2023, at Bodmin Magistrates Court, Sarah Jane Fishing Ltd, the owner of the fishing vessel Cornish Ge ...
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Dec 2023: Crustacean fishing call for evidence
7th December 2023
Crab and lobster fisheries within the Cornwall IFCA district: update on call for evidence In autumn 2021, Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority Cornwall (IFCA) sent a questionnaire to all 270 of its Lobster, Cr ...
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November 2023: Successful Prosecution
2nd November 2023
On 2 nd November 2023, at Truro Magistrates Court, Cornwall IFCA successfully prosecuted Mr Mark Manning (59) of Plymouth and Sarah-Jane Fishing Ltd, the respective master and owner of the fishing vessel Cornish Gem PH 819. ...
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August 2023: Successful prosecution
4th September 2023
On 23 August 2023, at Truro Magistrates Court, Cornwall IFCA successfully prosecuted the owner and master of the fishing vessel Gloria Dawn PW26 for fishing offences related to the retaining of berried lobsters. The owner Anth ...
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Aug 2023: New date for Crustacea and Whelk FMP
16th August 2023
Seafish plan to return to Cornwall to hold a meeting to focus on crab and lobster and whelk FMPs, following their draft publications in July. Defra have already covered a number of locations in Cornwall with their Future Fisheri ...
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July 2023: Defra launches a raft of consultations
21st July 2023
The UK Government has today set out further steps to deliver a thriving, sustainable fishing industry and healthy marine environment for generations to come. This new system will be underpinned by Fisheries Management Plans ( ...
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