A 3-year investigation into the illegal abalone trade involving enforcement agencies in Canada, the USA and Mexico, has ended with one individual fined CAN25000, a company fined CAN35,500 and another individual fined USD50,000, reports Fisheries and Oceans Canada

A Three Year Multi-Country DFO Investigation Around Threatened Northern Abalone Concludes Successfully, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 30 October 2009

More at: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/npress-communique/2009/pr23-eng.htm