TWO French fishermen have been fined £1,500 each for retaining undersized spider crab onboard their boat.
Guillaume Levee and Jonathan Dramard both entered guilty pleas in the Magistrate’s Court this week.
The Infrastructure and Environment Department confirmed that “the fishers who were in court on Monday are from a French port fishing on a French vessel that is licensed to fish in our waters by Jersey”.
In a statement, Marine Resources said: “Minimum size limits for fish and shellfish exist so that species can have the opportunity to reproduce.
“They are a key management measure underpinning the sustainability of our fish stocks.”
The statement added that Marine Resources “takes the protection of juvenile fish and shellfish seriously”.
