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North Star Seafood Inc purveyor to pay $250K for Lacey Act Violations

August 14, 2014 South Atlantic

A Pompano Beach seafood purveyor who federal prosecutors allege conspired to sell live spiny lobsters caught in the Florida Keys to China must pay a $250,000 fine and serve three years probation. Read more here 13:35

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Feds bust Boca man for illegally taking, then shipping, Florida Keys lobster

July 2, 2014 Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic

A Boca Raton man pleaded not guilty in federal court in Key West Friday to taking, possessing, transporting and selling Florida Keys spiny lobster in violation of federal law. Eric Burman, 60, faces a possible sentence of up to five years in prison, supervised release of up to three years and a fine of up to $250,000. Read more here 16:09

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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North Star Seafood Inc purveyor to pay $250K for Lacey Act Violations

Feds bust Boca man for illegally taking, then shipping, Florida Keys lobster

Ocean Resource Privatization

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

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The Toothy Grin of Bow Art! Shark mouth painted on his vessel is catching lots of attention

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