New Charges Against Carlos Rafael Include One Count Against Sector IX, 12 Counts Misreporting Scallops
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton January 12, 2018
The charging document released by NOAA revoking Carlos Rafael’s and Associated entities fishing permits contained a number of new allegations that were not part of the criminal trial.
One count was against sector IX, which applied to the entire sector, including Rafael’s vessels, was filing a false report of the volume of yellowtail flounder landed in the sector in 2011. Through a special agreement, the statute of limitations on this alleged misreporting was waived by Rafael.
NOAA is seeking a $140,000 fine from all members of sector IX for this offense.
The other new charges all involve scallops during the 2013 fishing year. 12 of the counts are of falsely reporting the volume of scallops landed.
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