Warsash Fishermen ordered to pay £4,720 for breaking Southern IFCA regulations off the Isle of Wight

On Wednesday 7^th October 2026 at Portsmouth Magistrate’s Court, Peter Marshall, who is 60 years of age from Warsash, and 40 year old Benjamin Lewis, also from Warsash, pleaded guilty to a breach of the Southern Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority’s (IFCA) Bottom Towed Fishing Gear Byelaw.

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Fisherman ordered to pay £3,792 for breaking Southern IFCA regulations in The Solent

On Thursday 10^th September 2026 at Southampton Magistrates Court, Andrew Mitchell, who is 63 years of age from Lymington, was sentenced in relation to four separate breaches of the Southern Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority’s (IFCA) regulations.

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Fisherman ordered to pay £3,344 for breaches of Southern IFCA’s Poole Harbour Dredge Permit Byelaw

On Thursday 10^th September 2026 at Southampton Magistrates Court, Andrew Skinner, who is 35 years of age from Poole, was sentenced in relation to four breaches of the Southern Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority’s (IFCA) Poole Harbour Dredge Permit Byelaw.
 

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Fisherman ordered to pay £15,000 for a breach of Southern IFCA’s Bottom Towed Gear Fishing Gear Byelaw in Southampton Water

On Wednesday 12^th August 2026 at Southampton Magistrates Court, Ryan Tyers pleaded guilty to not having all parts of his
bottom towed fishing gear inboard and above the sea, in contravention of the Southern Inshore Fishing & Conservation Authority (IFCA) Bottom Towed Fishing Gear (BTFG) Byelaw 2023, which requires a person using a vessel which is carrying bottom towed gear within a prohibited area to have all parts of that gear inboard and above the sea.
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