Two fishermen were hauled to court today to answer to fisheries offences.
21 year old Randy Franklin and 27 year old Jaiver Castillo plead guilty to the offences brought against them. According to a Coast Guard Officer, on November 23rd2018, he caught Franklin fishing in Bluefield Range with 7 permit fish inside an icebox. The gillnets were set between the mouth of the Belize old River and Haulover Creek which obstructed the passage of boats and fish.
He was fined $250 plus $5 court cost for the illegal catch and the same amount for the use of improper fishing equipment. In a similar scenario Castillo was caught with 7 gillnets on December 17th 2018. Fisheries authorities said one of the gillnets was set between the coast of Belize City and Moho Caye, which restricted passage of boats and fish. Castillo was fined $200 plus $50 court cost.
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