Washington Fish Packer Sentenced for Selling Falsely Labeled Salmon
The Department of Justice announced the sentencing of Douglas Jay of Ferndale, Washington, was sentenced to a year in prison, two years of supervised release and a $347,202 community service payment for violating the Lacy Act. For over a two year period, Mr. Jay had his employees falsely label Coho (Silver) salmon as the higher-valued Chinook (King) salmon. The estimated market value of the falsely labeled fish was in excess of $1.3 million.
