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Mon 05 May 2010Fishing club members discover illegal coarse nets in Co Westmeath
MEMBERS OF Ireland’s Polish Fishing Club, Fishmaniak, dismantled a potentially lucrative illegal coarse fishing operation in the midlands last week.
Anglers from the club released scores of fish when they discovered almost 200 metres of nets while fishing in Lough Ennell in Co Westmeath. Though the fishermen saved most of the trapped fish, their arrival came too late for an otter which drowned after entering one of the nets.
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