Convictions from the beginning of 2010 to date
On 1 November 2011 at Banff Sheriff Court a 55 year old man pled guilty to the offence of high grading cod and was fined £2000.
On 1 November 2011 at Banff Sheriff Court a 55 year old man pled guilty to the offence of misrecording the amount of saithe held on board his vessel and was fined £2000.
On 12 August 2011 at Banff Sheriff Court a 27 year old man pled guilty to failing to deposit a logsheet prior to landing his fish at Peterhead. The court imposed a fine of £450 for the offence.
On 14 June 2011 at Banff Sheriff Court a 37 year old man pled guilty to two separate charges of misreporting the area of capture of monkfish and ling. Fines of £2000 and £3000 were imposed.
On 7 June 2011 at Dingwall Sheriff Court a 31 year old man pled guilty to fishing within a closed area. Sentence was deferred for further reports.
On 31 May 2011 at Banff Sheriff Court a 47 year old man was fined £4500 for misrecording the quantity of saithe retained on board his vessel.
On 9 May 2011 at Rothesay Sheriff Court a 38 year old man pled guilty to failing to submit salesnotes for fish purchases. He was fined £1000.
On 1 April 2011 at Stornoway Sheriff Court a 34 year old Master of a Norwegian fishing vessel was fined a total of £36,500 for fishing within the North West of Rockall closed area.
On 4 March 2011 at Dingwall Sheriff Court a 40 year old man pled guilty to fishing within the Rockall haddock box and was fined £12,000.
On 12 January 2011 at Lerwick Sheriff Court a 44 year old man pled guilty to retaining on board and landing tusk after a closure. He was fined £2000 for the offence.
On 18 October 2010 at Lerwick Sheriff Court a 60 year old Master of a Norwegian fishing vessel was fined £2000 for failing to comply with reporting requirements for pelagic species.
On 15 October 2010 at Lerwick Sheriff Court a 44 year old Master of a Norwegian fishing vessel was fined £20000 for failing to comply with reporting requirements for pelagic species.
On 7 September 2010 at Banff Sheriff Court a 48 year man was fined £4000 for misreporting the area of capture of Anglerfish
On 8 June 2010 at Banff Sheriff Court a 50 year man pled guilty to retaining on board and landing saithe after a closure and recording false information on an EC logsheet as regards the quantities of cod and saithe retained on board. He was fined £1,500 for the first offence and £6,000 for the second offence.
On 8 June 2010 at Banff Sheriff Court a 44 year man pled guilty to retaining on board and landing cod after a closure and recording false information on an EC logsheet as regards the quantities of cod and saithe retained on board. He was fined £1,500 for the first offence and £4,500 for the second offence.
On 8 June 2010 at Banff Sheriff Court a 37 year man pled guilty to retaining on board and landing cod after a closure and recording false information. He was fined £1,500.
On 20 April 2010 at Banff Sheriff Court a 44 year old man was convicted of retaining on board and landing hake after the fishery for the species had been closed and was fined £2500
On 20 April 2010 at Banff Sheriff Court a 51 year old man was convicted of retaining on board and landing hake after the fishery for the species had been closed and was fined £4250
On 2 March 2010 at Banff Sheriff Court a 45 year old man was convicted of retaining cod after the authority to fish for that species had been withdrawn and was fined £1000
On 2 March 2010 at Banff Sheriff Court a 55 year old man was convicted of retaining haddock and whiting after the authority to fish for these species had been withdrawn and was fined £3000
On 16 February 2010 at Banff Sheriff Court a 43 year old man was convicted of misrecording the weight of herring on an EC logsheet and was fined £4500
On 16 February 2010 at Banff Sheriff Court a 59 year old man was convicted of misrecording the weight of herring on an EC logsheet and was fined £3000
On 4 February 2010 at Dingwall Sheriff Court a 43 year old man was convicted of misrecording the weight of cod on an EC logsheet and fined £9367