FILE — Glenn Robbins discusses the herring fishery aboard his fishing boat, the Western Sea, Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in Rockland, Maine. Robbins pleaded guilty in March of 2024 to submitting false information to the federal government regarding catch and sale of Atlantic herring and failure to pay taxes, prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
FILE - Herring are unloaded from a fishing boat, Wednesday, July 8, 2015, in Rockland, Maine. Several commercial fishermen in New England have been sentenced in a fish fraud scheme described by prosecutors as complex and wide-ranging that centered on a critically important species of bait fish. The fishermen were sentenced last week for "knowingly subverting commercial fishing reporting requirements" in a scheme involving Atlantic herring, prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
FILE - Herring are unloaded from a fishing boat in Rockland, Maine, July 8, 2015. Several commercial fishermen in New England have been sentenced in a fish fraud scheme described by prosecutors as complex and wide-ranging that centered on a critically important species of bait fish. The fishermen were sentenced last week for "knowingly subverting commercial fishing reporting requirements" in a scheme involving Atlantic herring, prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)