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A pair of fishermen have been fined thousands of dollars with one banned from the sport for five years after they were caught using illegal traps to catch endangered fish.
The 49-year-old and 58-year-old faced the Dubbo Local Court earlier this month after being arrested on the Macquarie River, in central New South Wales on June 27.
Police and officers from the state's Department of Fisheries found the pair had used seven traps to catch nine Golden Perch and the threatened Murray Cod.
Officers also seized a grapnel, boat, motor and trailer from the pair.
A pair of fishermen have been fined thousands of dollars with one banned from the sport for five years after they were caught using illegal traps to catch endangered fish
Both men were charged with unlawfully using traps, possessing fish illegally
