nifca news winter 2025
They fished within the NIFCA district for specified shellfish without a commercial permit contrary to NIFCA Byelaw 4 Crustacea and Mollusc Permitting and Pot Limitation and Section 163 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. They failed to display the Name, Port Letters and Number of their fishing boat on pots used to fish and store sea fish, contrary to NIFCA byelaw 5 Marking of Fishing Gear and Keep Pots and Section 163 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.
After hearing evidence from four Enforcement Officers from NIFCA and one from the MMO, the Bench found Mr and Mrs Denton guilty of the four offences. Sentencing for the offending was adjourned to early 2026. Mr Denton was previously given a 12-month disqualification from holding a NIFCA permit after being prosecuted by NIFCA in March 2023 and fined for retaining 179 undersize Lobsters and for failing to comply with fisheries officers in 2022, he has numerous other convictions for fisheries offences over the last 25 years.
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