And, in that weekend operation - the Fisheries Department also caught 13 fishermen form the Corozal District on a sailing boat with over a hundred undersized lobster near Lighthouse Reef.
Today in court, only one of them, 31 year old Delcio Tun, from Chunox Village pled guilty to the charge when he appeared today before Magistrate Aretha Ford. Tun was fined $250 plus $5 court cost and he was given until October 18 to pay. If defaults on payment he will serve 2 months. In addition to that he was fined $20 for each lobster, which amounted to $2,240. The charge was withdrawn from the others.
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