CALIFORNIA Sting nets 17 in suspected poaching
The California Department of Fish and Game fanned out across the state and in Oregon on Thursday, arresting 17 people accused of buying and selling black-market abalone, sturgeon and caviar. The agency called the operation one of the largest poaching busts in state history.
“We have zero tolerance for those who illegally commercialize California’s natural resources,” said Nancy Foley, chief of enforcement for Fish and Game, in a news release. more…
Joe Mello, a warden with the state Department of Fish and Game, carries an abalone shell and shark fins, part of evidence retrieved from Bob’s Sushi restaurant in San Francisco near Fisherman’s Wharf. Associated Press photo by Ben Margot
