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NOAA shares details of penalties applied to 17 former Rafael ship captains  

Thomas Simpson, the Bulldog captain who dropped his net to the ocean floor when asked by a US Coast Guard officer to bring it up, will serve a 200-month suspension

By Jason Huffman | Aug. 29, 2019 14:52 BST
The Bulldog, a fishing vessel previously owned by Carlos Rafael, moored in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Photograph by Jason Huffman.
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The US’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will not require anyone who hires a ship captain previously employed by convicted fish fraudster Carlos Rafael to also have an observer on deck during groundfish or scallop trips [...]

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