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Company: Estremar S.A.
Penalty: $235,000
Year: 2006
Date: June 15, 2006
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Violation Description: Estremar S.A., an Argentine company formerly known as ASC South America S.A., pleaded guilty to violating federal anti-fish and wildlife trafficking law by importing and attempting to sell Patagonian toothfish, often marketed by the trade name Chilean seabass, without the documentation required to show it was legally harvested. The plea agreement required Estremar to pay a fine of $75,000, to make a community service donation of $10,000 to a nonprofit organization, and to forfeit assets of $250,000.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: criminal
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