Eastern European gangs making £65,000-a-day electro-fishing Scottish shellfish
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [MailOnLine] - By Stephanie Linning - September 19, 2014 -
Members of some eastern European gangs are making more money from illegally harvesting shellfish than from selling drugs, police said.
Divers working for organised crime gangs are using the banned practice of electro-fishing - where sea creatures are electronically stunned - to bring in hauls of worth up to £65,000 a day.
The gangs are targeting razor clams off the coast of Argyll, west Scotland. The shellfish make up an important part of the fishing industry, contributing £3.1 million to the Scottish economy in 2013.
Detective Chief Inspector Calum Young, responsible for Argyll, Bute and West Dunbartonshire said: 'The money to organised crime and criminals is significant, it makes more than drugs does.'
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