Commercial Fisherman Sentenced for Illegally Overfishing Striped Bass

The Department of Justice announced the sentencing of Dennis Dent, a commercial fisherman from Cherry Hill, Va., to five months of incarceration and five months of home detention for violating the Lacey Act concerning the illegal sale and fishing of striped bass, also known as rockfish. Dent also was ordered to serve three years of supervised release, to pay a $1,000 fine, which will go to the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and to pay $5,818 in restitution to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to be used to fund projects for the protection and restoration of marine and aquatic resources of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.