Publication - Transparency data
Marine and fisheries compliance: referrals of cases to Crown Office
The number of cases referred by Marine Scotland to the Crown Office.
This document is part of a collection
Where it is determined that there is sufficient evidence, and that a prosecution is in the public interest, Marine Scotland refer the case to the Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service who will decide whether a case can proceed to trial or issue a fiscal fine.
If there is any possibility of identification of living persons from the data, then it will not be published.
Cases referred to Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)
|
Offence |
1/6/21 – 30/11/21 |
1/12/21-30/5/22 |
1/6/22 – 31/12/22 |
|
Breach of nature conservation MPA |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
Non submission of electronic logbook data |
1 |
|
3 |
|
Breach of 10% tolerance |
|
2 |
1 |
| Failure to submit buyers sales notes - 1st sale fish | 1 | ||
| Gear offences | 1 | ||
| Failure/late submission of landing declaration | 1 | ||
| Incorrectly completed logbook/electronic logbook | 1 | ||
| Breach of landing obligation (discarding) | 1 | ||
|
Total |
2 |
3 |
13 |
- reports received are very much at the start of any process, while fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued and referrals to COPFS are in most cases at the end of a process
- this means that as the data covers the same time period the data may not relate to the same events
There is a problem
Thanks for your feedback