Man from Boston fined in multi-agency operation to tackle illegal fishing in Lincolnshire

Man from Boston fined in multi-agency operation to tackle illegal fishing in Lincolnshire

By Gemma Gadd

Source: lincolnshireworld

4/8/2024

The man was caught after Lincolnshire Rural Crime Action team carried out joint patrols with the Environment Agency, Angling Trust and Voluntary Bailiff officers from Boston & District Angling Association.

Called Operation Traverse, the multi-agency scheme aims to tackle fish theft and illegal fishing.

Police have now reported that Saulius Vasiliauskas, 52, of Kitwood Road, Boston, was found guilty of unlawfully taking fish in water in which there was a private right of fishery, namely, Boston and District Angling Association, in Horncastle Road, Boston.

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