Over recent years Cornwall IFCA (Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority) has become aware of increasing fishing pressure on inshore crab and lobster fisheries and it is therefore vital that existing conservation measures such as returning female lobsters carrying eggs to the sea are followed. Read more: Mum-of-eight made false rape claim to get partner's attentionīerried lobsters (female lobsters bearing eggs) are protected by law and any that are caught in English waters must be returned immediately to the sea. The total payments ordered by the court amounted to £22,456. Three Jays Shellfish Ltd was fined £15,000, plus a surcharge of £190 and also ordered to pay £3,120 towards the prosecution costs. Magistrates sentenced Jepson, of Newquay, to a fine of £933 plus a surcharge of £93 and ordered him to pay £3,120 towards the prosecution costs. Jepson appeared at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Tuesday (February 28) for sentence after pleading guilty to five offences in relation to fishing for berried lobsters on May 12 and December 1 2022. Michael Ian Jepson, the master of the fishing vessel JJJ SS333 and a director of Three Jays Shellfish Ltd, failed to return to the sea protected female lobsters bearing eggs. A Cornwall skipper and his company have been hit with more than £22,000 worth of fines and costs after being convicted of the illegal fishing of lobsters.
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