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
Carlos Rafael, daughter to be fined $500,000 over vessel’s oil dumping
The vessel's captain, Carlos Pereira, has been fined $11,000
US government releases two of four vessels seized from Rafael
Carlos Rafael's wife, Conceicao, has regained partial ownership of the Bulldog and the Southern Crusader II
City leaders angered by US government action against former Rafael captains
Preventing the captains from working will leave the vessels useless and make it more difficult for Carlos Rafael to sell his ships, says Jon Mitchell, New Bedford's mayor
NOAA ups penalty sought from Rafael to $3m, adds 20 captains to action
Carlos Rafael may be in prison, but the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration isn’t done trying to punish the so-called 'Codfather'
Former Rafael fishing captain pleads guilty to dumping net rather than allow inspection
Even as a US Coast Guard officer saw Thomas Simpson was dumping his net and ordered him to stop, he allowed it to become detached and sink to the bottom
Groundfish landings down 25% at Rafael’s former port
'With the ban, if we’re not up and fishing by May 1, you might as well just call [groundfishing in New Bedford, Massachusetts] over' -- Richie Canastra, co-owner of BASE
A shell game in New Bedford? 55 boats scramble out of Sector IX, catching NOAA by surprise
The members of Carlos Rafael's fishing sector are resuming their efforts to get their vessels back on the water
EDF to NOAA: Break up Rafael fleet
The Environmental Defense Fund also wants to see all funds captured in the prosecution used to monitor more vessels in New England
One Carlos Rafael vessel raised from water; second still submerged
A vessel belonging to Carlos Rafael that sunk at harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts, last week has been raised although another remains submerged