On July 3, the Paris Administrative Court of Appeal annulled the order and judgment by which a professional fisherman convicted of poaching had his fishing license revoked. The court considered that the offense had been committed within the family context and therefore did not constitute a professional misconduct.
A fisherman convicted of poaching, who was contesting the revocation of his professional fishing license, won his case on July 3 before the Paris Administrative Court of Appeal. The court overturned the order that had confirmed the revocation and the decision of the French Polynesia Administrative Court that had upheld the sanction.
On June 7, 2018, the fisherman was sentenced by the criminal court for participating in a poaching operation involving 16 sea turtles – a protected species – with a view to selling and consuming them, and was fined 100,000 francs and had his boat confiscated. On May 22, 2024, six years after the incident, a decree was issued to cancel the fishing license he had been granted in 2021.
