An angler in the Fens has become the first to be prosecuted under new by-laws which forbid the removal of coarse fish from stillwaters.Mark Whisker, from Wisbech, was fined £250 and ordered to pay costs of £127 in the landmark prosecution, at King's Lynn magistrates court.
Whisker, 27, was caught by police and EA bailiffs with five carp in his car on June 3 - two days after the by-laws came into force, the court was told.
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