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Company: Cannon Seafood Inc.
Penalty: $108,000
Year: 2009
Date: February 12, 2009
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: A fish wholesaler, its owner and an employee all pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for the illegal purchase and sale of striped bass from the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River from 2003 through 2007. Under the terms of the plea agreement, Cannon Seafood agreed to pay a fine of $80,000 and pay $28,000 in restitution to the congressionally established National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Environment and Natural Resources Division
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
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