The Nature Protection Service (Seprona) identified on October 8th three fishermen who were caught at dusk after disembarking from a zodiac in western Fuerteventura.
After the Civil Guard agents inspected the boat, they located a full cooler of fish, as well as at the bottom of the boat the illegal catch of more than 50 kilos.
As a result of Seprona's surveillance from the Command of Las Palmas, evidence was found of a series of illegal practices by a group of people, who took advantage of their trips from Lanzarote and from La Gomera to furtively fish on the Majorera coasts.
A group of three people dedicated to illegal fishing
Based on the collaboration carried out by the Nature Protection Service with the personnel of the Marine SCI Monitoring of the Canary Islands, dependent on the Department of Ecological Transition, a location device was established that allowed us to verify how this group, made up of three people, was carrying out an illegal fishing activity in the west of the island.
Following the actions carried out by these three individuals, the Civil Guard carried out discreet surveillance, verifying how they were going to be delivered to a hospitality establishment in Morro Jable.
The agents prevented the sale of the catches, which exceeded 50 kilos, without meeting the optimal health conditions for the consumption chain. The catches had not passed the preventive and mandatory health control for commercialization.
Therefore, the offenders face various sanctions ranging from 60 to 300,000 euros.
The Civil Guard recalls the importance of the sustainable use of natural resources to ensure the conservation of species and their habitats and, for this purpose, the need to respect current environmental regulations.
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