Bonifacio: four Sardinian fishermen convicted of illegal fishing in...

The four men, who had been arrested in the area where the Grands Moines were not collected in July 2020, had tried to flee and threatened an agent of the Environmental Office. They were sentenced to fines of up to €3,000. Assaults of 3 and 4 months' suspended prison for two of them. All are prohibited from French territory, including territorial waters, for 6 years.

Marseille, 14 May 2025 (AFP) – Four Italian fishermen were fined and two of them were suspended from prison, after being caught in flagrant poaching offence in 2020 in the Bouches de Bonifacio Nature Reserve, announced the Ajaccio Public Prosecutor's Office on Wednesday. On 2 July 2020, the [...]

Nearly five years after the events, the Ajaccio Correctional Court sentenced on Tuesday four Italian nationals for having illegally fished in the Bouches de Bonifacio. Two of them received suspended prison sentences, and all of them were banned from French territory for six years. Five years after their escape at sea, their return ended with a conviction. On Tuesday, 13 May, the Ajaccio Correctional Court rendered its deliberations in the case o…