Three men sanctioned for illegal fishing of sea urchins in the Gulf of Asinara.

The carabinieri from the “Principato” patrol boat, on duty to combat environmental crimes, noticed the strange movements of a boat off Capo Falcone and immediately understood that something was unclear.

But the boat was now close to the dock, so the captain decided not to intervene and monitor the movements of the fishermen. With binoculars he noticed that some crates were loaded on a car, took the plate number and reported it to the operations center of the Porto Torres Company, which immediately had a checkpoint set up.

The car was stopped near Stintino and inside there were four bags with about 400 sea urchins. One thousand euro fine for each of the three fishermen while the urchins, still alive, were immediately thrown back into the sea.

Another detail, the driver drove without a license and the car did not have insurance. Another sanction and complaint for the owner.

(Unioneonline / L)

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