Overview
- Judges in Zwolle convicted Anja Keuter for fishing-fraud offenses involving forged net identification marks and excessive net lengths on the IJmeer and IJsselmeer.
- Keuter was sentenced to 55 hours of community service, with 30 hours suspended, and her firm Live Seafood was fined €10,000 plus a €5,000 suspended penalty.
- The vessel’s 70-year-old captain received 100 hours of community service, with 40 suspended, and a €500 fine.
- Authorities escalated monitoring after the vessel’s required transmitter was switched off, placed a tracking beacon, and later seized nets; the defendants were acquitted of a separate charge over missing written notification.
- Keuter surrendered her Provincial States seat to avoid burdening her BBB faction, the party will appoint a replacement and new chair, and she is considering an appeal.