New York Resident Fined $2500 for Selling Tuna On the Internet NOAA has charged a resident of Forrest Hills, NY, with one count of selling an Atlantic tuna without a permit in violation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The tuna was caught during a chartered fishing trip aboard a fishing vessel based in Brielle, NJ, but became illegal when it was offered for sale over the Internet by a private citizen not possessing a commercial permit. Based on the evidence gathered in the investigation, NOAA’s Office of General Counsel for Enforcement and Litigation assessed a $2,500 civil penalty against the fisherman for this violation. “This investigation is just one example of the fight against the harvesting and sale of illegal fish,” said Special agent James Cassin, Jr., OLE – Northeast Division. “The OLE takes the profiting from these types of illegal activities very seriously.” To report illegal fishing activities contact the NOAA Fisheries Service’s Enforcement Hot Line at 800-853-1964. New York Resident Fined $2500 for Selling Tuna On the Internet NOAA has charged a resident of Forrest Hills, NY, with one count of selling an Atlantic tuna without a permit in violation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The tuna was caught during a chartered fishing trip aboard a fishing vessel based in Brielle, NJ, but became illegal when it was offered for sale over the Internet by a private citizen not possessing a commercial permit. Based on the evidence gathered in the investigation, NOAA’s Office of General Counsel for Enforcement and Litigation assessed a $2,500 civil penalty against the fisherman for this violation. “This investigation is just one example of the fight against the harvesting and sale of illegal fish,” said Special agent James Cassin, Jr., OLE – Northeast Division. “The OLE takes the profiting from these types of illegal activities very seriously.” To report illegal fishing activities contact the NOAA Fisheries Service’s Enforcement Hot Line at 800-853-1964.
