Two fishermen fined for possession of undersized lobsters

• Published date: 30 April 2022
• Publication title: Gleaner, The (Kingston, Jamaica)

Both men turned up with $10,000 each, but 55-year-old fisherman Leonard Anderson, of Charles Town, St Ann, was ordered to pay $30,000 or serve one month in prison. Bryan Rutty, 57, of Exchange in Ocho Rios, St Ann, who was charged along with him, was ordered to pay $40,000 or serve one month in prison

Senior Parish Court Judge Michele Salmon ordered both men to get the additional cash and return, which they did and made their payments. However, she added that any similar breach would see them slapped with a fine of at least $1 million.

FISHERIES ACT

Under the Fisheries Act of 2018, fines can run up to $3 million or sentences of a maximum of two years on each charge.

According to Sergeant D. Lyons of the marine police...