Made criminals - big time!

The size of the fine and the jail sentence for two fishermen, both of whom featured heavily in the third series of the Trawlermen on BBC TV, makes for salutory reading and to make a mental note not to appear in Liverpool Crown Court if that's the kind of sentence they feel justfied in handing out to hard working fishermen - until the quota system is abandoned, fishermen will see those penalties imposed on them in the name of conservation as inequitable - throwing back dead fish haul after haul does not conserve stocks.

There is an online petition to sign if you are in support of the fishermen here.