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HEALTH
Washington man gets prison for 527 4000
Hospital
overharvesting sea cucumbers Imsan- San Nicolas
524 8833
Psychic Riley
Associated Press Solves problems in love DOCTOR ON DUTY
SEATTLE (AP) — The owner business help and removes Oranjestad
of a Washington seafood negative influences. Guaranteed Dr. Thuis Tel. 588 2600
company was sentenced results. all readings are San Nicolas
to two years in prison for customized and confidential. Dr. Boderie Tel. 584 5155
overharvesting sea cucum- 001 747 271 9899 Women in Difficulties
bers and must pay $1.5 mil- _________________________________209694 PHARMACY ON DUTY
lion in restitution — the sec- Time share For Sale Oranjestad:
ond large bust of illegal sea weeks 40 & 41 Kibrahacha Tel. 583 4908
cucumber trade in the U.S. Paradise beach Villa San Nicolas
Aloe Tel. 584 4606
West in just over a year. 2 bedr town house with 2 bath- Women in Difficulties
Hoon Namkoong, 62, was rooms, 2 balconies & full kitchen OTHER
also sentenced Friday to saturday check in $5400 / each Dental Clinic 587 9850
three years of post-prison amylewis@comcast.net Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
supervision. _________________________________210173 Mobility Equip . Gire
He pleaded guilty earlier 568 5165
this year in U.S. District Court Urgent Care 586 0448
in Seattle to underreporting Women in Difficulties
the number of sea cucum- This Dec. 30, 2005, file photo shows a sea cucumber in Califor- EMERGENCY
bers he bought from tribal nia. The owner of a Washington seafood company has been Police 100
sentenced to three years in prison for overharvesting sea cu-
and nontribal fisheries in cumbers in the Puget Sound in Wash. Oranjestad 527 3140
the Puget Sound by nearly Associated Press Noord 527 3200
527 2900
Sta. Cruz
250,000 pounds (113,400 San Nicolas 584 5000
kilograms) between 2014 high season. Illegal trade bers from both tribal and Police Tipline 11141
and 2016. His company, is becoming increasingly nontribal fishers over three Ambulancia
Orient Seafood Production, common and lucrative. seasons. Fire Dept. 115
then sold them to seafood Last year, federal officials Sea cucumber harvests are Red Cross 582 2219
buyers in Asia and the U.S. filed charges against a regulated by both Wash- TAXI SERVICES
The illegal harvest amount- father-son partnership for ington state and tribal au- Taxi Tas 587 5900
ed to nearly 20 percent of allegedly smuggling more thorities and are tracked Prof. Taxi 588 0035
the total allowed harvest than $17 million worth of by fish tickets signed by Taxi D.T.S. 587 2300
of the sea creatures state- sea cucumbers to the Unit- both the fisher and the pur- Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
wide, said U.S. Attorney An- ed States and exporting chaser. A1 Taxi Serv. 280 2828
nette Hayes, and did seri- them to Asia. As part of his plea, Nam- Women in Difficulties
ous damage to the Puget The pair was accused of koong said he falsified fish TRAVEL INFO
Sound. buying the illegally harvest- tickets over three seasons Aruba Airport 524 2424
"This illegal activity damag- ed animals from poachers and frequently paid fishers American Airlines 582 2700
es the health of the Puget in Mexico's Yucatan pen- in cash so there would be Avianca 588 0059
Aruba Airlines 583 8300
Sound ecosystem by en- insula and then shipping no financial record of the Jet Blue 588 2244
dangering the sustainabil- them overseas after bring- total amount of sea cu- Surinam 582 7896
ity of the sea cucumber ing them across the border cumbers taken. Venezolana 583 7674
population," Hayes said. in San Diego. Those actions are a viola- Women in Difficulties
"Illegal harvesting under- According to court records, tion of the Lacey Act, a CRUISES
mines quotas designed to in the recent Washington federal law that prohibits
protect the resource and case, Namkoong bought illegal trafficking in wildlife,
keep the Sound healthy for Puget Sound sea cucum- fish and plants.q
our children and genera-
tions to come."
Sea cucumbers, which are October 03
shaped like cucumbers Freedom of the Seas
with small feet and mea- Freewinds
sure up to 6 feet (1.8 me- Women in Difficulties
ters), are echinoderms, a AID FOUNDATIONS
family that includes starfish
and sea urchin. FAVI- Visually Incapasitated
They are served dried or Tel. 582 5051
fresh and often braised Alcoholics Anonymous
with fish, vegetables and Tel. 736 2952
traditional Chinese sauces. Narcotics Anonymous
Tel. 583 8989
They are sought to treat Women in Difficulties
various health issues and Tel. 583 5400
are increasingly in demand Centre for Diabetes
in China and southeast Tel. 524 8888
Asian countries. Child Abuse Prevention
Harvesting sea cucumbers Tel. 582 4433
is permitted in the United Quota Club Tel. 525 2672
Women in Difficulties
States and many parts of General Info
the world, but with limited
quantities and only during Phone Directory Tel. 118