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FOUR fishermen from the same family have admitted illegally landing £6.6million-worth of herring and mackerel.
Andrew Tait, 50, William Tait, 50, Robert Tait, 45, and Peter Tait, 44, committed the offences at Shetland Catch in Lerwick and Alexander Buchan in Peterhead between 2002 and 2006.
They falsely declared the amount of fish landed, to evade the annual fishing quota allowed for their vessels.
The value of each of their undeclared landings were: Andrew Tait £1,671,622.58; William Tait £1,585,870.32; Robert Tait £1,759,298.66; and Peter Tait £1,574,549.78; totalling around £6.6million |
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All four pled guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh and will be sentenced there on September 6.
Lindsey Miller, head of the Crown Office's serious and organised crime division, said: "The guilty pleas today followed an extensive and complex investigation undertaken jointly by Grampian Police and Northern Constabulary under the direction of the serious and organised crime division of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, and with assistance from Marine Scotland. |
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