A retired shellfish farmer was convicted of poaching fish from the Owennamarve River near Dungloe in July 2014 at a recent sitting of Dungloe District Court.
Jimmy Sweeney was ordered to pay €800 in a fine and costs.
The court was told that Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) officers saw Sweeney using a fishing engine for the capture of salmon and possessing a net for taking prohibited fish from the Owennamarve River….
Afloat.ie 20/04/2016 Read the full article ‘Retired Shellfish Farmer Convicted Of Poaching Offences On Owennamarve River’