Salmon poaching 23/11/11
In the first case of its kind for many years, a Lewis youth was charged with poaching for salmon.
Stephen Macleod, 19, of 13 Cearn Hiort was fined a total of £700 at Stornoway Sheriff Court yesterday.
He previously pleaded guilty to taking salmon without a permit, possessing illegally
caught salmon and refusing to co-
Fiscal David Teale said Macleod was spotted using a rod to fish on the private Garynahine River.
He fled the scene but water bailiffs waited to see if he would come back to a nearby vehicle.
When he saw them on his return he ran off again throwing a rucksack containing two salmon into the river.
The bailiffs caught him but he refused to give his details or accompany them to a police station.