A three-count National Marine Fisheries allegation against Edward Boynton arrived flawed and late.
The violations supposedly occurred in August, September and October 2005, when Boynton still owned the 42-foot Sissel B, a steel-hulled stern dragger, and when he still held a federal groundfishing permit as a commercial fisherman.
By the time Dierdre Casey, enforcement attorney for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, got around to citing Boynton on April 17 for landing yellowtail flounder without having a "yellowtail authorization letter," he had been culled from the industry — his boat and permit sold off.
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