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Company: Harbor House Seafood
Penalty: $250,000
Year: 2015
Date: March 2, 2015
Offense Group: environment-related offenses
Primary Offense: environmental violation
Secondary Offense: food safety violation
Violation Description: Mark Bryan of New Market, Maryland, and his Delaware-based seafood wholesale business, Harbor House Seafood, were sentenced in federal court in Camden, New Jersey, for trafficking in illegally possessed oysters, creating false health and safety records, and conspiracy charges. Bryan was sentenced to serve 26 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Bryan was also ordered to pay a $62,500 fine and to pay New Jersey $140,000 for the restoration of oyster beds in Delaware Bay. Harbor House was ordered to pay a $250,000 fine and was sentenced to five years of probation. Friday's sentences, in addition to the previous sentencing of Bryan's co-conspirators and suppliers, brings the total fines and forfeitures in this matter to over $625,000, along with $194,000 of restoration costs.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration referral to the Justice Department
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Delaware
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