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Decision  In the Matter of Carlos Fontancz and Shellfish and Seaworms Permit ID NO. 171771 and Shellfish Transaction Card

Date: 06/03/2016
Organization: Division of Marine Fisheries
Docket Number: SSW-171771-16-DM
  • Claimant: Lt. James Hennessey
  • Respondent: Carlos Fontancz
  • Presiding Officer: David C. Hoover

Matter addressed violations of state's shellfish sanitation rules necessary to safeguard public health. This included: (1) the harvest and possession of shellfish taken from a contaminated shellfish growing area closed to shellfish fishing. Fontancz did not appear at the adjudicatory hearing and a default judgement was entered. The Final Agency Action resulted in the permanent revocation of Fontancz's Commercial Shellfish Permit and Transaction Card. 

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