NH lobsterman fined, loses fishing license

Associated Press

May 22, 2008 05:24 am

BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire lobsterman who has been found guilty of using other lobstermen's traps has lost his commercial fishing license and has been fined $6,000.

Thirty-nine-year-old Aaron J. Marconi, of Portsmouth, also was given a suspended six-month jail sentence. His license was suspended for three years.

Marconi did not contest the charges, which stem from a year-long investigation into allegations from lobstermen that he had their traps and was using them.

Conservation officers are making arrangements to return the lobster traps to their owners.

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