“On 6 October Exeter Magistrates Court heard how in May 2013 the vessel Marina (BM190) was observed fishing for scallops in the Lyme Bay designated area by a UK Border Force vessel, HMC Valiant.
Under the Lyme Bay Designated Area (Fishing Restrictions) Order, which came into effect in July 2008, dredging for shellfish and demersal trawling has been prohibited in a designated 60 square mile area of Lyme Bay. Evidence heard by the court included evidence from Natural England on the importance of this protected area.
The Marina’s owner Stephen Hammond and master Daniel Hammond did not attend court on 6 October and had previously pleaded not guilty at an earlier hearing at Exeter Magistrates Court on the 27 May 2014.”
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