Scheme Defrauded U.s. Research Set-aside Program of Nearly $200,000 in Overharvested and Unreported Fluke
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2013. The operator of the dragger F/V Norseman and an associated fish dealer were sentenced today in federal court in Central Islip, N.Y., for criminal violations stemming from their role in systematically underreporting fluke (summer flounder) that was being harvested as part of the federal Research Set-Aside Program, the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division announced.
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