Le Figaro Marseille
This Wednesday, the owner of the
Joseph Di Trento
, who presents himself as the last trawl fisherman in the Marseille city, was sentenced by the Marseille criminal court to a fine of 20,000 euros for having fished in a protected area of the national park of Calanques,
Le Figaro
learned
from its lawyer Pierre Ceccaldi.
Prosecuted in particular by France Nature Environnement Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (FNE Paca), this fisherman has already been convicted several times for similar acts.
He appeared for facts dated September 6 last year in the three nautical mile strip of the southwest coast of the island of Plânier, a small piece of land occupied only by a lighthouse within the Calanques national park.
The facts were noted by the Marseille maritime gendarmerie company.
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Fishing ban
The criminal court also imposed a fishing ban on the fisherman for six months with provisional execution.
The defendant will also have to pay 500 euros in damages to each of the six civil party associations in this case.
The judge, however, did not order the confiscation of the boat.
Me Ceccaldi indicates to Le
Figaro
that he will not appeal this conviction.