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Two men fined for poaching in Northumberland
Two men have been fined hundreds of pounds for poaching with an illegal fishing net in a Northumberland river.
From: The recovered gill net and some of the dead fish.
David Moore, 30, of Staffen Court, Amble, and Adam Nyberg, 39, of Leslie Drive, Amble, were both charged with illegally fishing for salmon and sea trout with a gill net in the river Coquet near Amble.
They pleaded guilty when they appeared at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 20 May. They were both fined £500, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £50, and the forfeiture and destruction of the net was ordered.