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Skippers fined £720,000 for huge fish-quota scam

Seventeen skippers behind one of Scotland's biggest fishing scams have been fined a total of £720,000.

The group admitted illegally landing mackerel and herring worth £47.5 million between January 2002 and March 2005.

Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead welcomed the fines, saying they showed how seriously Scotland takes breaches of fishing quota laws.