Susie Q Fish Co. to pay $27,500 in state lawsuit

Herald Times Reporter • October 10, 2008 MADISON — Susie Q Fish Co., a wholesale fish dealer in Two Rivers, and its president, licensed commercial fisherman Michael J. LeClair, have agreed to pay $27,500 to the State Conservation Fund to settle state claims brought under Wisconsin’s conservation laws, according to a press release from the office of Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. Wisconsin law sets annual harvest limits for commercial fisheries, including whitefish, and it allocates that harvest limit among commercial fishers by setting annual catch quotas for each licensed fisher, the press release states. The state’s complaint charged that LeClair under-reported his whitefish catch, and that he caught more fish than were allowed by his quota. It charged that LeClair sold or transferred the over-quota fish to... [read full story]