In an effort to ensure maximum compliance with the closing of the recreational Federal black sea bass season in the EEZ of the Greater Atlantic Region (GARFO), NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) sworn personnel will be spending more time speakin
As of the worldwide demand for seafood grows and wild stocks already being heavily fished thereâs an increased interest in aquaculture. With the dynamic of the industry shifting, NOAAâs Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) has detailed Assistant Special Ag
Today, an investigation initiated in July 2010 by NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) culminated in the sentencing of a Levittown, NY, fisherman, who was convicted of mail fraud, wire fraud, and falsifying federal records charges.
NOAA Fisheries’ Northeast Salmon Team works cooperatively with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Maine Department of Marine Resources, and the Penobscot Nation to recover Atlantic salmon.
On April 17 a two-and-a-half-year investigation and judicial process came to a close when Robert Thompson, 53, of Rockwood, Maine, was sentenced to eight months imprisonment for evading federal income tax and for illegal sales of lobsters. The Court also
Scientists and fishermen are working together to locate spawning aggregations of Atlantic cod. The goal is to allow cod and fishermen to each go about their business separately.
