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DA Settles Ventura Harbor Hazmat Suit Against Squid Boat Captain

The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office has settled a lawsuit with the captain of a commercial squid fishing boat for illegal dumping of hazardous waste in the ocean outside of Ventura Harbor. The DA’s office says that on June 4th last year a State Fish and Wildlife warden saw the squid boat F/V Sea Venture dump squid wastewater into the ocean. The Captain of the F/V Sea Venture is 54-year-old Peter Joseph Ancich of Rancho Palos Verdes. >click to read< 11:04

Remember this guy? Joseph Vaudo faces charges in the death of $10k worth of lobsters

Superior Lobster and Seafood lost approximately $10,000 worth of lobsters after a Sandwich man turned off the compressor and oxygen supply to their tank of live seafood, Vaudo was arrested and charged with felony vandalism of property and illegal dumping. Vaudo has been posted from trespassing at the business and is due in court Monday for arraignment, the post stated.  Vaudo is the store’s former owner. >click to read< Vaudo has had multiple run-ins with the state. Here’s what we’ve got! >click here<, and >here< 16:45