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Ocean Choice International off the hook for illegal fishing charge 
CA Source: CBC News 8/29/2019
Ocean Choice International off the hook for illegal fishing charge
 Ocean Choice International will not be prosecuted for fishing in a protected area during a closed time, despite admitting to the incident.

In court, OCI's lawyer argued a technicality and on Thursday, Judge James Walsh dismissed a charge of illegal fishing against the company.

The charge arose from an allegation that OCI fished for Greenland halibut in the so-called Northern Newfoundland Slope Conservation area between Feb. 4-10, 2018.
 

In a September 2018 press release, OCI said court documents from both sides — the company and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans — verified the captain wasn't aware of the newly designated conservation area off the northeast coast of the island.

  
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