$11,000 Fine for Illegal Commercial Fishing

[nsw_fisheries]

$11,000 Fine for Illegal Botany Bay Commercial Fishing

http://www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au/news...mar21_fine.htm

"This document has been posted for information and to encourage discussion among yourselves. For more information from NSW Fisheries on the issue, please visit our web site on www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au."

[Vern_Veitch]

The only problem with this is that this bloke will now go out an fish even harder to pay his fine.
The only suitable penalty is gear impoundment and licence suspension or cancellation.
We do not want illegal fishers out there stealing our resources whether they be recreational or commercial.
Vern