Florida Man Guilty In Illegal Lobster Shipping Case
Shipping seafood isn't as simple as one person thought it would be. A Florida man must pay a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to illegally shipping spiny lobsters he obtained to China.
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Shipping seafood isn't as simple as one person thought it would be. A Florida man must pay a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to illegally shipping spiny lobsters he obtained to China.
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