Annelies Ilena freezer trawler. (Photo Credit: Ericmarinheiro YouTube)

Dutch trawler fined EUR 105,000

The Dutch group Parlevliet & Van der Plas said it is considering the possibility to appeal a EUR 105,000 fine imposed to one of its fishing vessels by an Irish court. The company believes that such fine seems to be disproportionate in relation to the offences against the technical regulations.

The Donegal Circuit Court has rejected the charge against the pelagic freezer-trawler Annelies Ilena, owned and operated by the Dutch company Parlevliet & Van der Plas, of high-grading during a fishing operation in Irish waters in November 2013.

The Court considered that the vessel, however, has breached technical rules for which the judge decided to impose a fine of EUR 105,000 in total.

The accusation of high-grading was done by the Irish Sea Fisheries Protection Agency following an arrest after being inspected by the Irish Navy on 22 November 2013. Parlevliet & Van der Plas said that the fisheries inspectors found 50 kilograms of horse mackerel on board above the legal minimum size, of which they believed the skipper had the intention to discard.

“My suspicion, as I expressed at the time of the arrest in November 2013, that it was all about a minor offence against technical regulations, has proven to be right, and that the accusation of high-grading was unfounded”, said Diek Parlevliet, CEO of Parlevliet & Van der Plas.

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