Traditional fresh fish merchant, HG Lovitt ,7 Mitford St, Filey, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO14 9DX

Registered buyer of first sale fish fails to submit sales notes On 4 May 2021 Russell Lovitt of HG Lovitt’s, Filey, North Yorkshire, appeared at Scarborough Magistrates Court charged with failure to submit sales notes. HG Lovitt’s has been a registered buyer of first sale fish since October 2016. On 8 May 2019 MMO marine officers visited HG Lovitts and requested all of the submitted sales notes that they had for first sale purchases of fish. During this visit two receipt books were removed for further assessment, which showed over 370 purchases of fish had non-submitted sales notes. Mr Lovitt pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay a fine of £4, 000, £1, 230 in costs and a £190 victim surcharge.