Lobster snaps hotel managers
Published:Friday | May 27, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Two managers of a popular hotel in St Andrew who were found in possession of a large quantity of lobster at the hotel have been fined $500 each or 30 days' imprisonment for breaches of the Fishing Industry Act.
They are Michelle Hussey, 55, of Waterloo Road, St Andrew, and Hylton Rogers, 51, of Queens Crescent in Spanish Town, St Catherine.
It was reported that on May 17 members of the Marine Division and officials from the Fisheries Division of the Ministry of Agriculture visited the hotel and removed 150 pounds of lobster from a cold-storage area.
Hussey and Rogers pleaded guilty when they appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday. Senior Resident Magi-strate Judith Pusey fined them.Hussey was also fined $2,000 or three months' imprisonment for using indecent language to a policeman.
As stipulated by the Fishing Industry Act, April 1 to June 30 is the official closed season for lobster.