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Marine and fisheries compliance: referrals of cases to Crown Office
The number of cases referred by Marine Directorate to the Crown Office.
Referrals of cases to Crown Office from 1 June 2021 to 31 December 2022
|
Offence |
1 June 2021 - 30 November 2021 |
1 December 2021 - 30 June 2022 |
1 July 2022 - |
|
Statutory returns offences |
1 |
3 |
6 |
|
Fishing gear offences |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Fishing without authority |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
MPA, and other protected/restricted area offences |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Marine Licensing |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Wildlife Crime |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Unlicensed/Hobby fishing |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Landing Obligation (Discarding) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Vessel tracking requirements |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Gear marking requirements |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Illegal equipment |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Other Fishing Licence restrictions |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Boarding ladders |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Undersize or prohibited fish/shellfish |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Other offences not elsewhere classified |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
2 |
5 |
11 |
- 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
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