Scallop wars: France fines British captain - The Local: The captain of a British trawler convicted of illegally dredging scallops in French waters was fined €20,000 on Wednesday in the latest episode in a simmering Anglo-French battle over the valuable shellfish.
Andrew Nicholson, 51, was also stripped of his fishing licence for a year and ordered to pay 5,000 euros in damages to a committee representing local fishermen after being found guilty of dredging 14 tonnes of scallops illegally on the night of September 5-6, 2012.
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