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 from Fareham ordered to pay £3,400 for a breach of Southern IFCA’s Bottom Towed Gear Fishing Gear Byelaw in Southampton Water

On Thursday 21^st October 2026 at Bournemouth Combined Court, Brett Johnsey, who is 36 years of age from Fareham, pleaded guilty to using bottom towed fishing gear within a prohibited area of Southampton Water, in contravention of the Southern Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority (IFCA) Bottom Towed Fishing Gear Byelaw 2023.
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