2023-09-20 05:30:00
And as our colleagues from the newspaper “Le Télégramme” point out, eels are fish in critical danger of extinction. And are part of protected species. This therefore did not prevent these two Belgian nationals, whose name is not being disclosed, from fishing them illegally. All we know about them is that they are a little over 60 years old and that they have been taken into police custody. The duo had rented a residence in the south of the Finistère department. And it was not for tourism, reports the Breton daily. “The two men arrived on Sunday September 10. The French Biodiversity Office had heard of their arrival and alerted the Quimper public prosecutor’s office.
Three gendarmes then set up surveillance which quickly bore fruit. “From the first night, the two suspects went fishing. It was during the third night that, jointly, gendarmes and OFB agents arrested them in the act of poaching.” A little over 6 kilos of eels were returned to the water. During the search of their rental residence, 23 kg of eels already packaged in 1 km bags were discovered. They were ready to be sold in Belgium. The Belgians will appear on June 3, 2024 before the Quimper court. Their 14 fishing rods were confiscated.
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