Fisherman Fined $1 Million, 6 Months in Jail for Falsifying Halibut, Sablefish Reports
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James Aaron Stevens, 47, of Kodiak was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Joshua M. Kindred last Friday to six months in federal prison, a $1,000,000 fine, 126 days in a halfway house and 80 hours of community service.
Stevens, the owner and captain of the F/V Alaskan Star and F/V Southern Seas, was the subject of an investigation by NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) for four years, from 2014 to 2017. The case against Stevens culminated in charges being filed and a ...
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