The staff of theLocal Maritime Office Of Saint Mary of Castellabatewithin the scope of ordinary control activities aimed at countering the activity of fishing within the persistent marine protected area of Santa Maria di Castellabate, it identified and seized a gillnet of approximately 1500 meterswhich unfolded inside the Ogliastro Bay on the plain ZONE C of the aforementioned marine protected area.
The violations
The soldiers who intervened on board the GC B163 boatfound that the fishing gear, in addition to not being permitted both for its type and for the location in which it was used, constituted a potential danger and a certain obstacle to navigation and other maritime activities, as it was not correctly marked, and furthermore it did not have the required identification marking.
The sanctions
In the context of the control activity, the following were also contested: 2 violations comparisons of two yachtsmen who during the night had dropped anchor inside the Ogliastro Bayin contravention of the current provisions of the current regulations of the Marine Protected Area, which expressly prohibit anchoring in Zone C in order not to contribute to the damage of the oceanic posidonia meadows present there, which are the object of explicit environmental protection and safeguarding.
#Ogliastro #meter #long #fishing #net #seized
– 2024-08-27 12:03:47
