News Summary October 20, 2017
Today's Main Story: NOAA Precedents in NE Have Led to Complete Revocation of All Permits in Major Fisheries Fraud Cases
Today's lead item from SeafoodNews.com publisher John Sackton reports that NOAA will determine in a civil proceeding what will happen with Carlos “The Codfather” Rafael’s fishing permits. The criminal proceedings led to the forfeiture of 34 permits and NOAA will have to address what will be done with them. But the remaining nine vessels owned by Rafael have dozens, perhaps over 100 individual fishing permits. If NOAA revokes these permits in an administrative proceeding, the value of the vessels themselves will fall substantially ...
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