Crime
Well-known Massachusetts boat captain agrees to plea deal concerning illegal sale of blue fin tuna
Gloucester – A well-known Massachusetts boat captain has agreed to a plea deal concerning the illegal sale of blue fin tuna.
According to Massachusetts Enivronmental Police, in October of 2021, Officers assigned to the Massachusetts Environmental Police Offshore Patrol Boats initiated an investigation into the illegal sale of Blue Fin Tuna, a federally regulated highly migratory species.
Through their investigation, officers, discovered that several blue fin tuna had been sold illegally to a Gloucester fish market.
Criminal charges were taken out against the captain of the vessel in Gloucester District Court.
In late November 2022, the captain signed a plea deal with the Commonwealth and paid fines for the illegal sale of the fish.
According to the Essex District Attorney’s Office, Captain Timothy Ott, and his vessel Hot Tuna, paid $13,500 in restitution.
Howie lynn Vandyke
June 26, 2024 at 7:08 pm
this man should have his license taken for good he talks about how much blue Finn’s has declined and when he gets a chance and the cameras is not on him he does the EXACT same thing the loves the money more than the blue finn way to go TJ you are the prime example