Fishermen's Finest pays small fine for mistake in taking 11,000 lbs of ling cod in state waters
SEAFOODNEWS.COM April 23, 2014
Fishermen's Finest, which operates H&G vessels Intrepid and America No. 1, plead guilty to illegally taking 11,000 pounds of ling cod in Alaska state waters.
In July of 2010 and again in July of 2011, the F/V US Intrepid harvested more than 56,000 pounds of lingcod in the eastern Gulf of Alaska, which is state waters. At the time, the company was operating under federal regulations as a test rockfish fishery, said Sgt. Brent Johnson, the investigating officer on the case.
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