| Date: | 07/21/2015 |
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| Organization: | Division of Marine Fisheries |
| Docket Number: | SPP-153166-15-KC |
- Claimant: Sgt. Kevin Clayton, ELE
- Respondent: David Paine
- Presiding Officer: David C. Hoover
Matter involved violations of state's sanitation rules necessary to safeguard public heath. This included: (1) direct sale of shellfish to entity other than a wholesale dealer authorized as a primary buyer of shellfish; (2) transportation of market bound shellfish to location other than the facility of a wholesale dealer authorized as a primary buyer of shellfish; (3) possession and sale of shellfish without a complete and accurate shellfish harvester tag affixed to each container of shellfish; and (4) possession and sale of oysters during the Vibrio Control Season without a complete and accurate shellfish icing tag. Paine did not appear at the adjudicatory hearing and a default judgement was entered. The Final Agency Action resulted in the permanent revocation of Paine's Commercial Shellfish Permit, Transaction Card, and Shellfish Propagation Permit.