April 16, 2015 โ Maine marine officials for the first time have permanently revoked a commercial fisherman's licenses.
Maine Department of Marine Resources officials say they have revoked 33-year-old Lucas Lemoine's licenses after what they say is a nearly 20-year history of violations.
The scallop fisherman from Swan Island was charged earlier this year with multiple violations of marine resources laws while he still had additional violations still pending against him from 2014.
In March, Lemoine was charged with violating the law that prohibits dragging for scallops in an area with an underwater cable, dragging for scallops in a closed area, dragging for scallops at night, possession of undersized scallops, and operating without navigation lights.
Read the full story from the Associated Press at the San Francisco Chronicle