Unreported 2.5 Tons of Clams Seized: Individual Charged

He was transporting two and a half tons of untracked clams: reported. In the night just passed, the military personnel of the Judicial Police unit of the Port Authority of Castellammare di Stabia, under the coordination of the Maritime Directorate of Naples, set up a real task force in order to combat illegal fishing and the illegal trade of fishery products. The operation, which began late last evening, involved about ten soldiers, who carried out checks in the territory of Castellammare di Stabia and the neighboring municipalities. Inside a vehicle, about 2.5 tons of 'lupin' clam (scientific name 'chamelea gallina'), without any document to attest their origin, fishing area, the tool used, or the fishing boat that carried out the fishing, were found. In order to evade potential controls, the bivalve mollusks had been hidden inside polystyrene containers bearing the inscription 'blue crab'. For this reason, the driver of the vehicle was fined for the possession of untracked fishery product and with an administrative sanction of 1,500 euros while the fishery product found was seized.