Mark Powell was spotted by Royal Navy patrol dredging for scallops in a special area of conservation in Cardigan Bay
Steven Morris and agency
theguardian.com, Thursday 3 April 2014 18.28 BST
A fisherman has been ordered to pay fines and costs totalling £50,000 after he was caught dredging for scallops in a conservation area protected because it is a precious habitat for marine animals including dolphins.
Mark Powell, the skipper of The Golden Fleece II, was spotted by a Royal Navy patrol dredging for scallops in a special area of conservation off the coast of Wales.
The value of the illegal catch was put at more than £400,000 making the prosecution one of the largest illegal fishing cases in terms of value in the UK. As silent part-owners of the scallop dredger, Powell's father, Clinton, his mother, Andrea, and wife Lisa, were fined £1,000 each.
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