Dutch skipper in breach of fishing laws lodges appeal
Gerrit Plug, aged 59, with an address in the Netherlands, was found guilty by a jury at Letterkenny Circuit Criminal Court of failing to record all estimated discards above 50kg, discarding species subject to quota and exceeding the maximum allowed space between bars in the water separators on dates between November 22 and November 25, 2013.
Plug pleaded not guilty to five counts, two of which were withdrawn for legal reasons. He was fined €105,000 by Judge John O’Hagan on March 27, 2015.
