The Justice Department announced the sentences of Ocean Pro Ltd. dba Profish, its vice-president and its fish buyer, for their roles in a more than decade-long conspiracy to illegally harvest striped bass from the Potomac River. Timothy Lydon, a part owner as well as officer in the company, was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $60,000 fine. Benjamin Clough, a fish-buyer for Profish, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay a $7,500 fine. Profish was sentenced to three years probation, ordered to pay a fine of $575,000, restitution in the amount of $300,000 and a special assessment of $5,000. Gordon Jett, the last of seven fishermen who supplied the striped bass was sentenced to five months in prison, five months of home of detention and to pay $4,572 in restitution.