Abalone culprit sunk by $200,000 court fine. From: Australasian Business Intelligence | Date: August 28, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 News provided by Comtex. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Suellen Jerrard

Aug 28, 2006 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A trial in Western Australia (WA) involving abalone poaching charges has been pre-empted by the accused pleading guilty. Craig Prosser had been charged with illegally selling 198kg of greenlip abalone in April 2003, as a result of a large-scale operation by the WA Fisheries Department. His lawyer, Laurie Levy, noted that his client was suffering a drug addiction at the time the offence occur...