Six arrested in Spain on charges of illegal fishing of protected species
by Stephen Burgen, Barcelona from Environment | The Guardian on (#16GTY)
Five members of Spain's Vidal family of fishing barons are among those arrested for illegally catching Patagonian toothfish, in joint raids by Spanish police and Interpol
Six people have been arrested on charges of illegal fishing of protected species in raids carried out jointly by Interpol and Spanish police in Galicia in northwest Spain.
The six include five members of the Vidal family who run Ribeiro Vidal Armadores, among them Antonio Vidal, the owner, and three of his children who are accused of illegally fishing Patagonian toothfish in Antarctic waters.
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