Kai Kin Ng of Richmond, British Columbia, has reportedly been fined $40,000 CAD/$38,962 USD for abalone trafficking. The Vancouver Sun explains that Ng’s fine was the result of an arrest in December 2010. Marketwire reports that $35,000 CAD/$34,092 USD will be paid to Fisheries and Oceans Canada to fund research into the illegal trafficking and distribution of Northern abalone. Ng was caught with Northern Abalo
The California Department of Fish and Game used a random checkpoint in Jenner, California, to confiscate abalone from divers who took more than their daily limit. The Press Democrat reported that two dozen Fish and Game and state park rangers executed a checkpoint search on over 198 vehicles over the course of 4 1/2 hours on Wednesday. Divers were surprised and upset to say the least. California Fish and Game officia
California Department of Fish and Wildlife wardens have arrested two abalone poachers and booked them into Mendocino County Jail. The arrests were the result of “Operation Scoop and Run”, an extensive undercover investigation by the Department of Fish and Game. Lake County News reported that Paul Chak Po Mak, 61, and Samuel Xing Sin, 41 were arrested with an illegal catch of 84 abalone. The Department of