Business owner Ying Chiu fined $30,000 for sale of illegal spot prawns
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 31, 2016) - A major crackdown in 2014 by Fisheries and Oceans Canada on the illegal harvest and subsequent sale of crab and spot prawns into the Vancouver retail and restaurant seafood market, has led to a significant fine for a Vancouver merchant.
The Honourable Justice Conni Bagnall handed down a $30,000 fine to Mr. Ying Chiu in Vancouver Provincial Court on April 18, 2016. Mr. Chiu pleaded guilty on April 6 to 2 counts of purchasing prawn caught out of season on January 30 and February 3, 2014.
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