Pompano Beach seafood dealer fined $250K in Lacey Act spiny lobster case
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Key West Citizen] By Adam Linhardt - August 15, 2014 -
A Pompano Beach seafood purveyor, Eric Burman, who federal prosecutors allege conspired to sell live spiny lobsters caught in the Florida Keys to China must pay a $250, 000 fine and serve three years probation.
Burman admitted that during August and September 2010, he and a co-conspirator purchased lobster from harvesters in the Keys with- out creating and giving the fishermen Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trip tickets.
Burman then allowed a coconspirator to ship the lobster under his company name to Hong Kong and China via Miami International Airport without the proper documents, according to the government.
Three such incidents, all in August 2010, involved the shipment of more than 3, 500 pounds of live lobster, according to court records...
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