AN Eltham man was fined $2500 earlier this month for endangering a whale.
Adriano Mazzini, 41, received a fine in the Dromana Magistrates Court on February 9 for taking his boat within 200 metres of a whale in Port Phillip Bay near Safety Beach on August 13 last year.
He pleaded guilty to approaching the whale, and to a second charge relating to making a sudden change of speed or direction while in the "caution zone" of a whale. Whales are protected under Victoria's wildlife laws.
The maximum penalty for harassing, chasing or herding a whale is a whopping $100,000 fine.
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