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“Poached” Lobster is a Problem for California Men


Poaching lobster is fine for cooks, but two California men are charged with the illegal variety of harvesting spiny lobsters in a protected marine refuge .In a complex operation that began in January, 15 game wardens from San Diego and Ventura, the Long Beach Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department used divers, radar, electronic surveillance equipment, night scopes and binoculars to bait traps with specially marked lobsters in a sting operation in waters off Los Angeles Harbor. Early Monday, just two days before California’s six-month lobster season closed, officers arrested Michael Hulse, 59, and Ramon Sambrano, 37, on charges of grand theft of property with a catch of baby lobsters, several of which had been specially marked, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.Fish and Game Capt. Martin Maytorena told the newspaper it was a significant haul.” Most commercial fishermen can work all day long to catch 20 to 30 pounds,” Maytorena said. “These suspects fished one day and trapped 500 pounds.”

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