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American Seafoods firms could be on hook for over $330m in US gov’t fines

Penalties dished out by US Customs to American Seafoods companies directly add up to $71m, but companies fined a further $259m intend to hold ASG firms reponsible

By Tom Seaman | Sept. 6, 2021 16:45 BST
Credit: American Seafoods Company
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Editor's note: An earlier version of the story reported the total penalties American Seafoods Group companies could be liable for is $136 million, but further analysis suggests it's $330m 

American Seafoods Group (ASG) and subsidiaries involved in pollock logistics could be on the hook for at least $330 million in fines from the US government amid a crackdown on alleged breaches of the Jones Act related to the transporting of fish from Alaska to the US East Coast [...]

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