| 20 |
Dec |
07 |
|
Lake Park Aquarium Shop Owner Sentenced For Illegally Harvesting And Importing Corals Into The United States (SED) |
| 18 |
Dec |
07 |
|
Member of United States Coast Guard Indicted on Conspiracy Charges (NED) |
| 20 |
Nov |
07 |
|
NOAA Encourages Commercial Fishermen to Participate in Upcoming Vessel Monitoring System “Town Hall Meetings” (SWD) |
| 20 |
Nov |
07 |
|
NOAA Encourages Commercial Fishermen to Participate in Upcoming Vessel Monitoring System “Town Hall Meetings” (NWD) |
| 19 |
Nov |
07 |
|
Florida Seafood Company Settles with NOAA for Red Snapper Violations (SED) |
| 02 |
Nov |
07 |
|
New Bedford fish dealer pleads guilty to cash payment scheme (NED) |
| 18 |
Oct |
07 |
|
Sitka Brothers Indicted By Federal Grand Jury For Subsistance Fishing Violations (AKD) |
| 18 |
Oct |
07 |
|
Lake Park Aquarium Shop Owner Pleads Guilty To Illegally Harvesting and Importing Corals Into The United States (SED) |
| 17 |
Oct |
07 |
|
NOAA Assesses Maine Herring Vessel $510,000 Penalty for Federal Fishing Violations (NED) |
| 11 |
Oct |
07 |
|
Canadian and U.S. Wildlife Officers Break-Up Major Endangered Species Smuggling Ring - Record-Breaking 27 Metric Tonnes of Meat Confiscated (SED) |
| 05 |
Oct |
07 |
|
Special Agent-In-Charge Michael Gonzales Recieve Prestigious NOAA Adminstrator’s Award for 2007 (AKD) |
| 05 |
Oct |
07 |
|
Special Agent-In-Charge Andrew Cohen Recieve Prestigious NOAA Adminstrator’s Award for 2007 (NED) |
| 02 |
Oct |
07 |
|
Key West Charter Boat Operator Convicted of Interfering with Law Enforcement Officers at Dry Tortugas National Park (SED) |
| 27 |
Sep |
07 |
|
Hialeah Seafood Dealers Charged In International Smuggling Operation (SED) |
| 27 |
Sep |
07 |
|
New Bedford Fish Dealer Charged In Cash Payment Scheme Hid Over Three-Quarter Of a Million Dollars In Fish Purchases (NED) |
| 18 |
Sep |
07 |
|
Alaskan Fisherman Pays Penalty, Agrees To Vessel Monitoring System For Quota Violation (AKD) |
| 17 |
Sep |
07 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Service Awards $100,000 TO Puerto Rico For Additional Marine Enforcement Patrols (SED) |
| 17 |
Sep |
07 |
|
NOAA Office of Law Enforcement Appoints Special Agent In Charge of The Pacific Islands Enforcement Division (PID) |
| 30 |
Aug |
07 |
|
Orange County Fisherman Faces Federal Charges For Stabbing California Sea Lion, Which Later Died (SWD) |
| 21 |
Aug |
07 |
|
NOAA Announces First Federal Enforcement Case In The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Monument (PID) |
| 20 |
Aug |
07 |
|
New Jersey conservation officers cast enforcement net for recreational anglers, issue summonses for illegal catches (NED) |
| 08 |
Aug |
07 |
|
Commercial Fishing Vessel's Captain Indicted For Disposing of Spiny Lobsters Tails to Prevent Their Seizure (SED) |
| 20 |
July |
07 |
|
Fishing Vessel's Catch Worth $30,000 Seized FV Harvester Alleged to HaveViolated Whale Protection Rules (NED) |
| 02 |
July |
07 |
|
Feeding and Harassing Wild Dolphins– A Federal Offense (SED) |
| 25 |
June |
07 |
|
NOAA Announces Rule to Protect North Atlantic Right Whales From Gillnet Entanglement in Southeast U.S. (SED) |
| 19 |
June |
07 |
|
Testing Confirms Species of White Shark Caught Off Indian River Inlet (NED) |
| 06 |
June |
07 |
|
McKinley Man Convicted of the Unlawful Taking of a Harbor Seal Pup (SWD) |
| 24 |
May |
07 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement Special Agent Mark Kinsey Receives Prestigious U.S. Attorney's Award (SED) |
| 24 |
May |
07 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement Special Agent Allan Coker Receives Bronze Medal Award (SED) |
| 24 |
May |
07 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement Special Agent Manny Antonaras Receives Bronze Medal Award (SED) |
| 24 |
May |
07 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement Special Agent Jeffrey Ray Receives Bronze Medal Award (NED) |
| 24 |
May |
07 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement Special Agent Ross Lane Lane Receives Bronze Medal Award (NED) |
| 24 |
May |
07 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement Special Agent Louis Jachimcyzk Receives Bronze Medal Award (NED) |
| 24 |
May |
07 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement Special Agent Patrick Flynn Receives Bronze Medal Award (NED) |
| 24 |
May |
07 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement Deputy Director Mark Spurrier Receives Two Bronze Medal Awards (HQ) |
| 24 |
May |
07 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement Special Agent Stuart Cory Receives Bronze Medal Award (HQ) |
| 24 |
May |
07 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement Special Agent Everett Baxter Receives Two Bronze Medal Awards (HQ) |
| 26 |
Apr |
07 |
|
Two Plead Guilty to Importing and Purchasing Whale Teeth (NED) |
| 19 |
Apr |
07 |
|
Investigation Continuing into Shooting of California Sea Lion in Columbia County (NWD) |
| 11 |
Apr |
07 |
|
Utah Man Sentenced in Federal Court to Jail and Fined $10,000 for Sexual Harassment (AKD) |
| 02 |
Apr |
07 |
|
New Hampshire Charter Boat Fishermen Penalized for Striped Bass Fishing in Federal Waters (NED) |
| 02 |
Apr |
07 |
|
Alaska Tour Boat Agrees to Pay $7,000 for Alleged Harassment of Endangered Humpback Whales (AKD) |
| 23 |
Mar |
07 |
|
Miami Resident Pleads Guilty to Illegally Harvesting and Selling Marine Life from Keys Sanctuary |
| 21 |
Mar |
07 |
|
Juneau Man Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Unlawfully
Catching 17,000 Pounds of Fish in Fairweather Grounds |
| 21 |
Mar |
07 |
|
Coast Guard Seizes 11,773 Pounds of Fish |
| 14 |
Feb |
07 |
|
Guilty Plea and Sentencing in Shooting of Dolphin |
| 23 |
Jan |
07 |
|
Pastor Sentenced to One Year In Prison For Role in Scheme to Poach and Smuggle Leopard Sharks (SWD) |
| 16 |
Jan |
07 |
|
New York Cod Fishermen Charged With Exceeding Catch Limits (NED) |
| 08 |
Jan |
07 |
|
Seafood Importer and Associated Corporations Receive Imprisonment and Fines (SED) |
2006
|
| 26 |
Dec |
06 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Service Granted Millions to State Law Enforcement Agencies in 2006 |
| 26 |
Dec |
06 |
|
Fishermen Charged with Violating Fishery Regulations in Hudson Canyon Sea Scallop Access Area (NED) |
| 14 |
Dec |
06 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Service Office of Law Enforcement Receives Third Accreditation |
| 14 |
Dec |
06 |
|
Fishermen Charged With Violating Fishery Regulations In South Atlantic Coral Reef Protected Area (SED) |
| 22 |
Nov |
06 |
|
Fishing Vessel's Catch Seized (NED) |
| 15 |
Nov |
06 |
|
Alaska Fishermen Charged with $254,500 Penalty for Fisheries Violations (AKD) |
| 15 |
Nov |
06 |
|
Two Alabama Men Indicted on Allegations of Violating Environmental Laws (SED) |
| 14 |
Nov |
06 |
|
NOAA Penalizes Panama City Fisherman for Shark Finning, Other Federal Violations (SED) |
| 13 |
Nov |
06 |
|
San Francisco Fisherman Cited for 27 Violations; Permanently Suspended from Commercial Fishery (SWD) |
| 13 |
Nov |
06 |
|
Uruguayan Company and Corporate Executive Plead Guilty and are Sentenced for Illegal Dealings in Chilean Seabass (SED) |
| 08 |
Nov |
06 |
|
Fort Pierce Company and its President Plead Guilty and are Sentenced for Illegally Importing Coral Rock Into the United States (SED) |
| 25 |
Oct |
06 |
|
Former NOAA Fishery Observer Sentenced to Five Years Probation: Ordered to Pay Restitution of Over $29,000 (NED) |
| 25 |
Oct |
06 |
|
NOAA Enforcement Agents Arrest Seafood Dealer for Lacey Act Violations and Forging Federal Documents (NWD) |
| 11 |
Oct |
06 |
|
Dolphin Deaths from Recreational Fishing Gear Are On the Rise (SED) |
| 10 |
Oct |
06 |
|
Florida Charter Boat Captain Sentenced for Shooting at Dolphins (SED) |
| 02 |
Oct |
06 |
|
Coast Guard Cutter Seizes $13,419 Catch (NED) |
| 26 |
Sep |
06 |
|
NOAA Settles Scallop Cases (NED) |
| 14 |
Sep |
06 |
|
U.S. Coast Guard Seizes Foreign Fishing Vessel Illegally Fishing In U.S. Waters (PID) |
| 31 |
Aug |
06 |
|
NOAA Enters into Settlement Agreement with Fishermen Charged with Illegal Scalloping off New Jersey Coast (NED) |
| 31 |
Aug |
06 |
|
NOAA Cites Washington Fisherman for Operating A Vessel in Rockfish Conservation Zone (NWD) |
| 17 |
Aug |
06 |
|
Habitat Protection Increases Vessel Monitoring in Alaskan Waters (AKD) |
| 16 |
Aug |
06 |
|
New York Fisherman Penalized for Landing Excessive Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (NED) |
| 15 |
Aug |
06 |
|
DLNR Signs Joint Enforcement Agreement with National Marine Fisheries Service (PID) |
| 07 |
Aug |
06 |
|
NOAA Penalizes Florida Fishermen $22,500 for Illegal Catch (SED) |
| 07 |
Aug |
06 |
|
Massachusets Fisherman Cited for Fishing in Closed Area I Near Georges Bank and Failing to File Trip Reports RT (NED) |
| 31 |
Jul |
06 |
|
NOAA Penalizes Texas Fishing Vessel for Illegal Red Snapper (SED) |
| 23 |
Jul |
06 |
|
Conservation Officers Catch Striped Bass Poachers (NED) |
| 21 |
Jul |
06 |
|
Commerical Fishing Vessel's Captain and Crewmember Sentenced for Smuggling Red Snapper (SED) |
| 19 |
Jul |
06 |
|
NOAA Penalizes Sarasota Fishermen for Shark Finning and Other Federal Fishing Violations (SED) |
| 14 |
Jul |
06 |
|
Unauthorized Land Development May Harm Endangered Species (SWD) |
| 07 |
Jul |
06 |
|
NOAA Penalizes Fisherman for Fishing Without Required Observer (NED) |
| 06 |
Jul |
06 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Service's Office for Law Enforcement Seeks Public Comment |
| 29 |
Jun |
06 |
|
NOAA Penalizes New Jersey Fishermen for Allegedly Stealing Lobsters and Gear (NED) |
| 23 |
Jun |
06 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Service Asks Public to Protect Wild Dolphins (SED) |
| 21 |
Jun |
06 |
|
Fishermen Settle Case for Illegally Caught Striped Bass (NED) |
| 15 |
Jun |
06 |
|
Argentine Company Pleads Guilty to Illegal Dealing In Chilean Seabass (SED) |
| 07 |
Jun |
06 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Service Wins Halibut Pre-Sorting Case (AKD) |
| 30 |
May |
06 |
|
Miami Company and Officers Sentenced for Illegally Importing Undersized Lobster into United States (SED) |
| 24 |
May |
06 |
|
NOAA Warns California Beach-Goers Not To Disturb Seal Pups (SWD) |
| 08 |
May |
06 |
|
Individuals and Businesses Charged with Illegal Importation and Sale of Over One million Pounds of Falsely Labeled Catfish (SED) |
| 04 |
May |
06 |
|
Miami Man Sentenced In Connection With the Attempted Illegal Importation of Bahamian Fish (SED) |
| 27 |
Apr |
06 |
|
Florida-Based Winn-Dixie Supermarket Chain Charged with Illegal Possession and Sale of Undersized Lobster (SED) |
| 24 |
Apr |
06 |
|
Fishing Captain Sentenced in Four Year Conspiracy to Traffic in Scrubbed Female Lobsters (NED) |
| 04 |
Apr |
06 |
|
NOAA Enforcement Seizes Herring From Canadian Tender Vessels (AKD) |
| 04 |
Apr |
06 |
|
NOAA Reaches Settlement In Case Against Stellar Seal Lion Researcher (AKD) |
| 17 |
Mar |
06 |
|
Miami Company and Officers Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Illegally Import Undersized Lobster Into United States (SED) |
| 09 |
Mar |
06 |
|
Shrimp Boat Captain Sentenced to Federal Prison (SED) |
| 08 |
Mar |
06 |
|
NOAA Offers Reward for Information on Harbor Seal Shootings (AKD) |
| 07 |
Mar |
06 |
|
NOAA Office for Law Enforcement Appoints Special Agent In Charge of the Southwest Enforcement Division (SWD) |
| 15 |
Feb |
06 |
|
Poachers Indicted on Criminal Lacey Act Charges (SWD) |
| 15 |
Feb |
06 |
|
NOAA Issues $1.3 Million in Civil Penalties Against Scallop Boats and Seafood Dealer (NED) |
| 10 |
Feb |
06 |
|
Commercial Fishing Vessel's Crewmember Pleads Guilty to Concealing Thousands of Pounds of Red Snapper Smuggled into the United States (SED) |
| 03 |
Feb |
06 |
|
Harrassment of Elephant Seals Results in Closure of Two California Beaches (SWD) |
| 30 |
Jan |
06 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Service Offers Reward for Information in Fatal Shooting of Sea Lion (NWD) |
| 26 |
Jan |
06 |
|
NOAA Investigates Vessel Fishing Reports Charges against FV Reaper Pending Review (NED) |
| 25 |
Jan |
06 |
|
Seafood Distributor Charged with Illegal Importation of Undersized Lobster (SED) |
| 13 |
Jan |
06 |
|
6,330 Pounds of Shrimp Seized (SED) |
| 13 |
Jan |
06 |
|
Fishermen Caught Illegally Fishing in National Marine Sanctuary (PID) |
| 12 |
Jan |
06 |
|
NOAA Issues $80,000 Penalty to Charter Operation for the Sale of Red Snapper (SED) |
| 12 |
Jan |
06 |
|
NOAA Issues Additional $10,000 Penalty to Texas Charter Operation for Illegal Fishing (SED) |
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|
2005
|
| 30 |
Dec |
05 |
|
NOAA
Seizes Illegal Lobsters at The Calais, Maine
Port of Entry (NED) |
| 27 |
Dec |
05 |
|
New
York Resident Fined $2,500 for Selling Tuna Over
The Internet (NED) |
| 27 |
Dec |
05 |
|
Federal,
State, Local Maritime Law Enforcement Operation
Nets Results (NED) |
| 16 |
Dec |
05 |
|
Illegally-Caught
Fish Seized By U.S. Coast Guard and NOAA Fisheries
Service (SED) |
| 16 |
Dec |
05 |
|
NOAA
Sanctions a Maine Seafood Company Dealer Permit
for Four Years (NED) |
| 16 |
Dec |
05 |
|
Florida
Fisherman Issued $17,500 Penalty for Undersized
Swordfish, Illegal Gear (SED) |
| 08 |
Dec |
05 |
|
NOAA
Fisheries Service Special Agents Join Forces
To Patrol Oculina Bank (SED) |
| 14 |
Nov |
05 |
|
NOAA
Fisheries Services and Maryland Department of
Natural Resources Seize Striped Bass (NED) |
| 03 |
Nov |
05 |
|
NOAA
Issues $81,700 NOVA for Violation of Rockfish
Conservation Area Regulations (NWD) |
| 03 |
Nov |
05 |
|
NOAA
Issues Civil Penalties Totalling $140,000 to
Four Vessels for Activities Inside the Oculina
Bank HAPC (SED) |
| 03 |
Nov |
05 |
|
Recreational
Fisherman Fined for Oculina Bank Closed Area
Violation (SED) |
| 02 |
Nov |
05 |
|
Shark
Fisherman Pleads Guilty to Killing Protected
Sea Turtle (SED) |
| 14 |
Oct |
05 |
|
NOAA
Fisheries Service Seeking Candidates to Fill
12 Criminal Investigator Positions (HQ) |
| 12 |
Oct |
05 |
|
NOAA
Offers Reward For Information on Explosive Device
Usage in the Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary
(PID) |
| 27 |
Sep |
05 |
|
PV
Maine Commissioned by the Maine Marine Patrol
the 42-Foot Vessel Was Purchased With NOAA Funds
(NED) |
| 22 |
Sep |
05 |
|
NOAA
Issues $75,000 NOVA to a Cape Cod-Based Seafood
Company for Illegal Purchases (NED) |
| 22 |
Sep |
05 |
|
NOAA
Issues a $105,000 NOVA and Permit Sanctions to
FV FITZ-SEA (NED) |
| 20 |
Sep |
05 |
|
Two
Indicted for Illegal Dealings in Patagonian Toothfish
(SED) |
| 20 |
Sep |
05 |
|
NOAA
Issues an $85,000 NOVA to FV True American (NED) |
| 13 |
Sep |
05 |
|
Commercial
Fisherman Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for
Illegally Catching and Selling Fish (SED) |
| 20 |
Aug |
05 |
|
Coast
Guard Seizes 16,000 Pounds of Shrimp (SED) |
| 18 |
Aug |
05 |
|
North
Coast Fisheries and its President Sentenced For
Making False Fish Landing Record (SWD) |
| 28 |
Jul |
05 |
|
NOAA
Issues $45,000 NOVA Against Texas Fishermen (SED) |
| 14 |
Jul |
05 |
|
NOAA
Penalizes Vessel Operators For Violating Various
Federal Marine Mammal Protection Laws (NED) |
| 29 |
Jun |
05 |
|
State,
Federal Agencies Plan Big Effort to Monitor Halibut
Derby (NWD) |
| 24 |
Jun |
05 |
|
False
Claim of Citizenship On Coast Guard Vessel Documentation
Leads to Criminal Conviction (SED) |
| 23 |
Jun |
05 |
|
Multiple
NOVA's Issued to Recreational Fishermen In Louisiana
(SED) |
| 20 |
Jun |
05 |
|
Research
Biologist Cited for Unlawful Take of Endangered
Stellar Sea Lions Near Seward, Alaska (AKD) |
| 16 |
Jun |
05 |
|
Permit
Sanctions and Civil Penalties Over $935,000 Levied
Against Cape May Scallop Fisherman (NED) |
| 15 |
Jun |
05 |
|
Anchor
Point Sport Halibut Fishermen Busted (AKD) |
| 20 |
May |
05 |
|
NOAA
Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement's Branch
Chief Mark Paterni Named as a NOAA Employee of
the Year for 2005 (HQ) |
| 20 |
May |
05 |
|
NOAA
Fisheries Office for Law Enforcement's Officer
Rick Hawkins Named as a NOAA Employee of the
Year for 2005 (SWD) |
| 06 |
May |
05 |
|
NOAA
Fisheries Cautions To Keep Appropriate Distance
From Marine Mammals (SED) |
| 05 |
May |
05 |
|
State,
Federal Agencies Team Up To Protect Endangered
Sea Turtles |
| 26 |
Apr |
05 |
|
Crescent
City Man Pleads Guilty to Taking California Sea
Lion in Crescent City Harbor (SWD) |
| 23 |
Apr |
05 |
|
Alaska
Tourboat Cited $9,000 for Harassment of Endangered
Humpback Whales (AKD) |
| 08 |
Apr |
05 |
|
NOAA
Offers $5,000 Reward for Information on Bulldozing
of Sauk River (NWD) |
| 08 |
Apr |
05 |
|
$45,000
Penalty Levied Against Pacific Star Resources,
LLC |
| 07 |
Apr |
05 |
|
$330,000
NOVA Levied Against NB Fisherman (NED) |
| 01 |
Apr |
05 |
|
South
Carolina Shrimp Fisherman Pleads Guilty to Criminal
Violations of the Lacey Act (SED) |
31
|
Mar
|
05
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28
|
Mar
|
05
|
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24
|
Mar
|
05
|
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18
|
Mar
|
05
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11
|
Mar
|
05
|
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08
|
Mar
|
05
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02
|
Mar
|
05
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02
|
Mar
|
05
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28
|
Feb
|
05
|
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24
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Jan
|
05
|
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20
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Jan
|
05
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19
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Jan
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05
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2004
|
|
|
| 20 |
Dec |
04 |
|
NOAA
Fisheries issues $18,000 penalty for marine mammal
protection act violation (SWD) |
| 17 |
Dec |
04 |
|
NOAA Fisheries offers $2,500 reward for information on shooting of California Sea Lion (SWD) |
| 09 |
Dec |
04 |
|
Officials
Search for Person or Persons Responsible in Sea Lion
Death (SWD) |
| 08 |
Dec |
04 |
|
Commercial
and recreational fishermen fined for Oculina Bank
violations (SED) |
| 29 |
Nov |
04 |
|
NOAA
issues $3.44 million penalty for violations of the
American Fisheries Act (AKD) |
| 10 |
Nov |
04 |
|
Commercial
fishing captains sentenced to jail, fines, loss of
occupation for under-reporting halibut by-catch (AKD) |
| 10 |
Nov |
04 |
|
NOAA,
USCG protect endangered sea turtles (SED) |
| 01 |
Nov |
04 |
|
Kodiak
processor pays penalty for illegal fish purchases
and failure to obtain observer coverage (AKD) |
| 26 |
Oct |
04 |
|
Three
fishing vessels penalized $85,000 for illegal catch
(NED) |
| 26 |
Sept |
04 |
|
Coast
Guard boards fishing vessel, finds illegal catch
(SED) |
| 07 |
Sept |
04 |
|
First
federal arrests and convictions for shark finning
(PID) |
| 26 |
Aug |
04 |
|
California
grocery company pleads guilty to importation of tuna
(SWD) |
| 25 |
Aug |
04 |
|
Captain
cited for failure to sort prohibited species from
catch (AKD) |
| 05 |
Aug |
04 |
|
Charter
operator cited for harassing stellar sea lion's
(AKD) |
| 22 |
July |
04 |
|
Fisherman
indicted for violating shark finning prohibition
act (PID) |
| 15 |
July |
04 |
|
NOAA Investigating net snagged
on USS Monitor (SED) |
| 28 |
June |
04 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Urge Boaters
to Protect Sea Turtles and Marine Mammals During
Fourth of July Busy Weekend (SED) |
| 18 |
June |
04 |
|
NOAA
Fisheries wins Halibut Pre-Sorting Case (AKD) |
| 14 |
June |
04 |
|
NOAA Brokers Agreement to Remove Dams and Protect Threatened Steelhead (SWD) |
| 09 |
June |
04 |
|
Cuban
government to enforce its Exclusive Economic Zone
(SED) |
| 28 |
May |
04 |
|
DOJ
sentences Bengis and Noll (NED) |
| 21 |
May |
04 |
|
USCG's
Operation Shellback (SED) |
| 30 |
Apr |
04 |
|
Ahern
settles NOVA for $100,000 (NED) |
| 08 |
Apr |
04 |
|
Cohen
selected as Northeast SAC (NED) |
| 02 |
Apr |
04 |
|
Marine
mammal shootings in Petersburg (AKD) |
| 29 |
Mar |
04 |
|
Company
sentenced in lobster smuggling scheme (SED) |
| 22 |
Mar |
04 |
|
McNabb,
et al to continue sentences (SED) |
| 16 |
Mar |
04 |
|
FV
Survivor penalized (NED) |
| 16 |
Mar |
04 |
|
Miami
seafood company pleads guilty and is sentenced for
offering undersized lobster for sale
(SED) |
| 11 |
Mar |
04 |
|
Jones
selected as Dir of Enforcement (HQ) |
| 04 |
Mar |
04 |
|
Seal
death investigation continues (NED) |
| 03 |
Mar |
04 |
|
Settlement
reached in FL Keys NMS dumping case (SED) |
| 02 |
Mar |
04 |
|
Bengis
and Noll plead guilty in smuggling conspiracy (NED) |
| 02 |
Mar |
04 |
|
DOJ
sentences 2 individuals for shooting sea lions in
WA (NWD) |
| 02 |
Mar |
04 |
|
Individuals
charged for shooting CA Sea lion - Arrow (SWD) |
| 27 |
Feb |
04 |
|
FV
Capt Cecil penalized (NED) |
| 17 |
Feb |
04 |
|
NOVA
issued for illegal lobsters (NED) |
| 09 |
Feb |
04 |
|
Stranded
seal death in MD under investigation (NED) |
| 30 |
Jan |
04 |
|
Do
Not interact with Hawaiian Monk Seals (PID) |
| 27 |
Jan |
04 |
|
Sandy
Smith sentenced (SED) |
| 26 |
Jan |
04 |
|
NOAA
Fisheries Reminds Boaters: Give Right Whales Wide
Berth - Federal Law
Prohibits Approaching Endangered Right Whales Within
500 Yards (SED) |
| 22 |
Jan |
04 |
|
Shark
salesman pleads guilty (SED) |
| 08 |
Jan |
04 |
|
CT
Randall dedicated (SED) |
| 01 |
Jan |
04 |
|
Sea
turtle poachers plead guilty (PID) |
2003
|
| 12 |
Dec |
03 |
|
Sentenced
for importing $2.8M undersized lobster (SED) |
| 10 |
Dec |
03 |
|
Guam
seafood company charged with SFPA violation (PID) |
| 09 |
Dec |
03 |
|
Company
pleads guilt to illegal imporation of spiny lobsters
(SED) |
| 30 |
Oct |
03 |
|
OLE
receives GCN Award (HQ) |
| 30 |
Oct |
03 |
|
DOJ
charges 2 individuals with shooting sea lions in
WA (NWD) |
| 23 |
Oct |
03 |
|
Investigation of marine
mammal deaths in Maine (NED) |
| 10 |
Oct |
03 |
|
Guam receives $85,000 in
JEA from NOAA (PID) |
| 29 |
Sept |
03 |
|
Queen
Conch listed on CITES (SED) |
| 26 |
Sept |
03 |
|
Illegal
fish sales to SC dealers and restaurants (SED) |
| 17 |
Sept |
03 |
|
2
fishermen sentenced for false reporting catch info
(AKD) |
| 12 |
Sept |
03 |
|
Joint
operation results in seizure of shrimp seized in
the Gulf Of Mexico (SED) |
| 29 |
Aug |
03 |
|
Reminder
about harassment of wild dolphins (HQ) |
| 19 |
Aug |
03 |
|
Fisherman gets $5,000 penalty
for illegal salmon (NWD) |
| 18 |
Aug |
03 |
|
Fisherman
sentenced for selling fishing permit (SED) |
| 13 |
Aug |
03 |
|
ESA
Poundnet violations in VA (NED) |
| 06 |
Aug |
03 |
|
South
African executives charged (NED) |
| 01 |
Aug |
03 |
|
IFQ
record keeping rules to change (AKD) |
| 11 |
July |
03 |
|
Dolphin Feeding and Harassment
is Harmful and Illegal:
Boaters and Tourists Advised to Obey Law, Appreciate Dolphins From a Distance
(SED) |
| 09 |
July |
03 |
|
LaJolla
Children's pool harassment (SWD) |
| 07 |
July |
03 |
|
SA
Flanagan receives ASMFC award (NED) |
| 02 |
July |
03 |
|
Silver
lobster case (SED) |
| 27 |
June |
03 |
|
Settlement
reached w/US FVs poaching in Russian waters (AKD) |
| 23 |
June |
03 |
|
SA
Torquemada named NOAA Employee of the Year (SWD) |
| 23 |
June |
03 |
|
Guy
Holt named NOAA Employee of the Year (AKD) |
| 20 |
June |
03 |
|
NOAA
charges PSRF (SWD) |
| 12 |
June |
03 |
|
Reward
offered for CA sea lions shooting (NWD) |
| 11 |
June |
03 |
|
Rec.
halibut fishermen bust (AKD) |
| 16 |
May |
03 |
|
Mastry
Bait and Tackle Inc (SED) |
| 14 |
May |
03 |
|
Hong
Kong company assessed $620,000 for SFPA violations
(PID) |
| 09 |
Apr |
03 |
|
Aerosell,
Ltd charged with lobster smuggling (SED) |
| 09 |
Apr |
03 |
|
CALEA
Media Advisory (HQ) |
| 03 |
Apr |
03 |
|
Charges
filed against perpetrators who shot California sea
lion with crossbow (SWD) |
| 27 |
Mar |
03 |
|
USCG
and OLE seize illegally caught scallops (NED) |
| 27 |
Mar |
03 |
|
USCG
Cutter Reliance seizees scallops (SED) |
| 21 |
Feb |
03 |
|
Nicaraguan
businessman charged with Lacey violations (SED) |
| 10 |
Feb |
03 |
|
USCG
and OLE intercept vessel in prohibited fishing area
(NWD) |
| 03 |
Feb |
03 |
|
OLE
seizes caught snow crab valued at nearly $350K (AKD) |
| 29 |
Jan |
03 |
|
Carlos
Seafoods charged for distributing lobster (SED) |
| 23 |
Jan |
03 |
|
USCG
Cutter Key Largo protects Dry Tortugas (SED) |
2002
|
| 20 |
Dec |
02 |
|
Fisherman Pays Hefty Fine for
IFQ Violation (AKD) |
| 20 |
Dec |
02 |
|
Fisherman
pays IFQ fine (AKD) |
| 17 |
Dec |
02 |
|
USCG
Cutter Nantucket seizes illegal shrimp (SED) |
| 17 |
Dec |
02 |
|
Crossbowed
sea lion reward offered (SWD) |
| 16 |
Dec |
02 |
|
Barbara
fined (SED) |
| 03 |
Dec |
02 |
|
Greater
amberjack (NED) |
| 23 |
Oct |
02 |
|
Seafood
importer charged with contaminated lobster (SED) |
| 09 |
Oct |
02 |
|
Moss
Landing fishermen charged (SWD) |
| 01 |
Oct |
02 |
|
Lon
Man Yun #66 (SWD) |
| 25 |
Sept |
02 |
|
Fish
dealer sentenced for failing to report shipments
(SWD) |
| 18 |
Sept |
02 |
|
AL
fishing vessel found fishing in closed area (SED) |
| 14 |
Aug |
02 |
|
71
Bluefin tuna seized in VA (NED) |
| 08 |
Aug |
02 |
|
Blue
Marlin seizure (NED) |
| 03 |
July |
02 |
|
Feeding
and harassing wild dolphins illegal (SED) |
| 01 |
July |
02 |
|
Cooperation snags illegal
shrimp trawlers (SED) |
| 26 |
Jun |
02 |
|
OLE
seizes 5,000 seal skins (NED) |
| 25 |
Jun |
02 |
|
Patagonian
toothfish seizure (NED) |
| 18 |
Jun |
02 |
|
FV
Stephanie Lady seized (SED) |
| 13 |
Jun |
02 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Reminds Beach
Goers: "Don't Harass Sea Lions or Seals" (AKD) |
| 01 |
Jun |
02 |
|
Sea
Harassment warning (NWD) |
| 21 |
May |
02 |
|
Seal
harassment in Northeast (NED) |
| 15 |
May |
02 |
|
Bridge
crew to receive award from NOAA (NWD) |
| 13 |
May |
02 |
|
Peter
Pan Seafoods penalized (AKD) |
| 06 |
Mar |
02 |
|
OR
receives $100K in JEA money (NWD) |
| 06 |
Mar |
02 |
|
WA
DFW receives $900K in JEA money (NWD) |
| 20 |
Feb |
02 |
|
PGE
settlement reached (NWD) |
| 03 |
Feb |
02 |
|
223,000
pounds of snow crab seized (AKD) |
| 25 |
Jan |
02 |
|
Fort
Myers based fishing vessels found in closed fishing
zone
(SED) |
| 01 |
Jan |
02 |
|
$750K
snow crab seized (AKD) |
2001
|
| 11 |
Dec |
01 |
|
NOAA
wins first prosecution using satellite-based Vessel
Monitoring System (NED) |
| 17 |
Sept |
01 |
|
NOAA
Fisheries OLE assists with Sept 11th (HQ) |
| 11 |
July |
01 |
|
NOAA
charges suspects with illegally dumping material
to create lobster habitat (SED) |
| 08 |
May |
01 |
|
Enforcement patrols begin
in Stellwagen Bank (NED) |
| 11 |
Apr |
01 |
|
NOAA
Fisheries helps boost South Carolina fisheries patrols
(SED) |
| 01 |
Apr |
01 |
|
Environmental
Heroes receive awards (SWD) |
| 21 |
Feb |
01 |
|
NOAA
Fisheries enforces Marine Mammal Protection Act (AKD) |
| 15 |
Feb |
01 |
|
Gulf
of Mexico Grouper closure to be closely monitored
(SED) |
| 08 |
Feb |
01 |
|
Red
Snapper poacher ordered to pay $18,000 (SED) |
| 24 |
Jan |
01 |
|
Permit Sanction Imposed Against
Alaskan Fisherman (AKD) |
2000
|
| 11 |
Dec |
00 |
|
$10,000
reward in case which caused green sea turtle deaths |
| 28 |
Nov |
00 |
|
Feds
Charge Chignik Lagoon Man for taking Endangered Sea
Lions |
| 17 |
Nov |
00 |
|
NOAA committed to halt
international poaching (SED) |
| 14 |
Nov |
00 |
|
Commercial
vessel owner and fisherman charged with violations
of the Lacey Act False Reporting |
| 06 |
Nov |
00 |
|
Increased
enforcement of feeding ban to protect wild dophins |
| 23 |
Oct |
00 |
|
High Seas Drift Net Vessel Sold
for $226,500 (AKD) |
| 23 |
Oct |
00 |
|
$19,100 Penalty for Failure to
Carry a NMFS Observer (AKD) |
| 16 |
Oct |
00 |
|
High
Seas Drift Net Vessel Sold for $226,500 |
| 06 |
Oct |
00 |
|
Closed
area on the Grand Banks to Longline Fishermen under
Emergency Rule to Protect Sea Turtles |
| 02 |
Oct |
00 |
|
Seized Fishing Vessel to be Sold
by United States (AKD) |
| 01 |
Sept |
00 |
|
Kenai
Fish Processor Indicted by Federal Grand Jury |
| 05 |
Sept |
00 |
|
Origin of Seized Salmon Identified
NOAA Fisheries Releases Report on F/V Artic Wind's
Seized Catch (AKD) |
| 08 |
Sept |
00 |
|
Proposed
penalties of $12,500 against 2 Panama City red snapper
fisherman |
| 22 |
Sept |
00 |
|
NOAA Law Enforcement Statement
Regarding the Investigation (AKD) |
| 01 |
Aug |
00 |
|
F.
Alioto Co. Prosecuted for Violation of Lacey Act |
| 13 |
July |
00 |
|
Dolphin
feeding and harassment is harmful and illegal, federal
agency reminds |
| 07 |
July |
00 |
|
Fined
two Texas fisherman $439,000 and imposes new sanctions
against them |
| 15 |
June |
00 |
|
Charged
South Carolina commercial vessel owner and fisherman
for south atlantic snapper-grouper violations |
| 08 |
June |
00 |
|
Louisana
seafood dealer and fisherman agree to pay $178,000
for shark fishery violations |
| 01 |
June |
00 |
|
Seized Fishing Vessel
to be Sold by United States (AKD) |
| 01 |
May |
00 |
|
Public
Service Announcement "Beluga Watch 2000" |
| 18 |
May |
00 |
|
Dolphin
feeding and harassment is harmful and illegal, federal
agency remind public and boaters |
| 05 |
May |
05 |
|
Public
Service Announcement
"Beluga Watch 2000" (AKD)
|
| 09 |
May |
00 |
|
Issued
new conservation measures to protect toothfish |
| 16 |
May |
00 |
|
Seized Fishing Vessel Forfeited
To United States (AKD) |
| 31 |
Mar |
00 |
|
Charged
commercial vessel owner and fisherman with south
atlantic shrimp fishery violations |
| 12 |
Jan |
00 |
|
NOAA nabs another red snapper
poacher (SED) |
1999
|
| 29 |
Dec |
99 |
|
Fisheries Service Announces
Penalties for Clam Crime (NED) |
| 09 |
Dec |
99 |
|
NOAA
Assesses More than $433,000 in Fines and Seeks Permit
Sanctions Against North Florida Fishermen Engaged
in Massive Fisheries Fraud |
| |
|
99 |
|
Salmon Seized From High Seas
Driftnet Vessel Identified as Alaska Origin
(AKD) |
| 24 |
Nov |
99 |
|
Florida
Fisherman Assessed $800 Penalty for Taking a Dead
Green Sea Turtle |
| 26 |
Oct |
99 |
|
North
Florida Commercial Dive Fisherman Loses Permits for
Life and Fined $10,000 for Violating Federal Fisheries
Laws |
| 07 |
Oct |
99 |
|
NOAA
Charges Vessel Owners and Operators for Fishing in
Florida West Coast Protected Areas |
| 20 |
Sept |
99 |
|
NOAA
penalized seafood dealer $800,000 (SED) |
| 07 |
Sept |
99 |
|
NOAA
Charges Louisiana Seafood Dealer and Fisherman with
Significant Shark Fishery Violations |
| 01 |
Sept |
99 |
|
Wildlife
Agency Reminds Public of the Dangers of Feeding and
Harassing Wild Dolphins |
| 10 |
June |
99 |
|
Activists
Fined $59,500 in Sugarloaf Dolphin Release |
| 04 |
June |
99 |
|
Fisheries
Service Reminds Anglers to Release Striped Bass in
Federal Waters |
| 28 |
May |
99 |
|
Dolphin
Feeding And Harassment Is Harmful And Illegal, Federal
Agency Reminds Public And Boaters |
| 27 |
May |
99 |
|
Fulton
Fish Market Dealer Charged With 172 Counts of Magnuson-Stevens
Act Violations |
| 20 |
May |
99 |
|
A Reminder from the National
Marine Fisheries Service
to Resist the Urge to "Rescue" Seal Pups
(AKD)
|
| 10 |
May |
99 |
|
Hagerstown,
Md., Police Chief to Head NMFS Enforcement |
| 06 |
May |
99 |
|
NOAA Fisheries Investiages Illegal
High-Seas Salmon Fishing (AKD) |
| 04 |
May |
99 |
|
Texas
Shrimper Caught Violating Sea Turtle Protection Laws |
| 26 |
Apr |
99 |
|
NOAA
Sea Turtle Investigation Snares Trawler |
| 16 |
Apr |
99 |
|
NOAA
Issues Civil Penalties for Violating Turtle Excluder
Device Regulations and Taking a Sea Turtle |
| 08 |
Apr |
99 |
|
Chinese
Fishing Vessel Assessed $105,000 Civil Penalty for
Violating Federal Fishing Regulations |
| 07 |
Apr |
99 |
|
Shooting Sea Lions and Seals
is Illegal (AKD) |
| 11 |
Feb |
99 |
|
Federal Resource Agency
Says Growing West Coast Seal, Sea Lion Populations
Increasingly in Conflict With Humans, Salmon (NED) |
| 06 |
Jan |
99 |
|
Florida Commercial Dive Fisherman Assessed $35,000 for Violating Federal Fishing Laws |
1998
|
| 07 |
Oct |
98 |
|
Fisherman
urged to observe Red snapper closures |
| 09 |
July |
98 |
|
Fisheries
service reminds fishing vessel operators of mandatory
reporting requirements for Altantic bluefin tuna
landings |
| 06 |
July |
98 |
|
NOAA
issues civil penalties for violating turtle excluder
device regulations and killing a Kemp's Ridley
sea turtle |
| 19 |
Jun |
98 |
|
Lobster Fisherman Charged with Illegal Harvesting |
| 08 |
May |
98 |
|
Fisheries
service announces bycatch reduction device enforcement
policy |
| 20 |
Jan |
98 |
|
Dolphin
feeding and harassment still illegal |
| 15 |
Jan |
98 |
|
Gillikin
denied fish dealer permit, assessed hefty fine for
alleged summer flounder quota-dodging |
| 14 |
Jan |
98 |
|
Activists
charged in sugarloaf dolphin release |
1997
|
| 21 |
Aug |
97 |
|
U.S.
bans bluefin tuna imports from three nations fishing
in violation of ICCAT |
| 18 |
Aug |
97 |
|
Violators
of atlantic tunas convention act penalized with civil
fines and permits sanctions |
| 12 |
June |
97 |
|
New
Bedford seafood companies reach $1 million settlement
in fishery fraud case |
| 16 |
May |
97 |
|
Feeding
and harassing dolphins in harmful and illegal, federal
agency warns |
| 24 |
Apr |
97 |
|
New
Bedford fish corporations charged in fishery fraud
case |
| 03 |
Apr |
97 |
|
Permanently
revokes fish dealer, vessel permits in nation's
largest fishery fraud case |
1996
|
| 12 |
Aug |
96 |
|
Judge
suspends fish dealer, fishing vessel permits in nation's
largest fishery fraud case |
| 02 |
Aug |
96 |
|
Endangered
right whale protection to increase with 500-yard
buffer zone to prevent ship strikes |
| 13 |
June |
96 |
|
Dolphins
return to naval veterinary care in San Diego |
| 07 |
June |
96 |
|
Dolphin
removed from unsafe conditions at Sugarloaf |
1995
|
| 30 |
Oct |
95 |
|
David
McKinney named Director of Enforcement Office for
national Marine Fisheries Service |
| 24 |
Aug |
95 |
|
Feeding
and swimming with dolphins is illegal and harmful,
federal agency warns |
