Three NC fish house dealers convicted of illegally buying red drum
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Three North Carolina fish house dealers were recently found guilty of buying protected red drum without reporting the transactions to the state, according to the NC Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF).
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Fishing industry attorney criticizes NOAA chief's report
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The head of NOAA on Friday announced an overhaul of the agency's asset forfeiture fund but made no mention of restitution or discipline of officials who were found to have been using the money as a slush fund.
Jane Lubchenco wrote to Todd Zinser, the inspector general who earlier this year uncovered not only the trouble with the trust fund but a law enforcement unit that was virtually out of control, especially in New England.
She spelled out the steps that she and her subordinates are taking to clean up the mess in the fund, which is so severe that the investigation couldn't even determine how much money is in it or what exactly defines it.
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Former CEO sent to Prison, fined $64mil for import fraud
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NEWARK, N.J. – July 27, 2010-- Thomas George, the
former Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Seafood Corporation, was
sentenced today to 22 months in prison for importing falsely labeled
fish from Vietnam and evading over $60 million in federal tariffs, as
well as selling over $500,000 in similarly misbranded fish purchased
from another importer, United States Attorney Paul J. Fishman
announced.
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Massachusetts Fisherman Wins Appeal for Herring Midwater Trawl Video
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HYANNIS, MA - July 21, 2010 - Recreational angler and fishing advocate Patrick Paquette has succeeded in obtaining rare video footage showing activities aboard industrial Atlantic herring trawl vessels. The video was shown at a public fisheries management meeting in June 2009 and documents loopholes in the current monitoring system and bycatch being brought aboard the vessels.
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COURT: Group must review fish petition
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July 23, 2010 - A federal court has ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service to
reconsider a petition by a group of Port Clyde fishermen who filed a
civil action lawsuit against the agency.
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