Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

DC’s Ocean Pro seafood dealer fined for illegal rockfish

DC’s Ocean Pro seafood dealer fined for illegal rockfish

Listen to this article

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors say one of ‘s largest wholesalers must pay more than a half-million dollar fine for illegal sales spanning more than a decade.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office also announced Monday that the vice president of Ocean Pro Ltd., its fish , and a were sentenced.

Ocean Pro, which does business as Profish, was ordered to pay a $575,000 fine. Timothy Lyon, of , Md. a part owner and officer of the company, was sentenced to 21 months and a $60,000 fine. Fish buyer Benjamin Clough, of Graysonville, Md. was sentenced to 15 months and a $7,500 fine.

Also sentenced was waterman Gordon Jett, of Fredericksburg, Va. Jett was sentenced to five months and $4,572 in restitution.

Networking Calendar

Submit an entry for the business calendar