Pots baited with pork rind and lard in the Capo Caccia Marine Protected Area
The seizure of the Forestry takes place, investigations are launched to trace the person responsible
91 pots lowered in zone A of absolute reserve of the protected marine area of Capo Caccia-Isola Piana. The men of the Naval Base of the Forestry Corps of Alghero discovered them in recent days, during a maritime patrol with the barracuda patrol boat, on the side of Punta Giglio and Polt'Agra, a stretch of sea in which any fishing activity is precluded. transit and bathing.
The large fishing gear, made up of 91 pots, was supported by rudimentary floats baited with pieces of veal bones, rind and pork lard, a highly prohibited practice in the protected marine area.
Forestry agents, despite an ongoing storm and strong mistral winds, proceeded to hoist the approximately 1 km long rope on board with pots, arranging its criminal seizure, with a complaint to the judicial authority, for now against unknown persons.
An investigation has been launched to trace the perpetrator who now risks up to six months in prison as well as a very high fine.
