Paperwork lapse costs Finest at Sea $14,000 halibut catch
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Times Colonist] By Louise Dickson - October 22, 2014 -
Finest At Sea has forfeited the proceeds from a $14,000 halibut catch after pleading guilty to contravening the conditions of a commercial fishing licence in March 2012.
Victoria provincial court Judge Brian Neal this week accepted a joint sentencing submission by federal prosecutor Larry Reynolds and Robert James, the lawyer representing the Victoria-based seafood company, to give the forfeited money to the Pacific Salmon Foundation.
Court heard the ill health of company owner Bob Fraumeni and a skipper's inexperience contributed to the company's failure to apply for a special amendment to the halibut licence on a trip on the Nordic Spirit on March 18 to 20, 2012.
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