Big Island couple ordered to pay record fines for illegal aquarium fishing - KHON2
Big Island couple ordered to pay record fines for illegal aquarium fishing - KHON2 Big Island couple ordered to pay record fines for illegal aquarium fishing - KHON2 Posted: 26 Feb 2021 05:56 PM PST Local News Posted: Feb 26, 2021 / 03:56 PM HST / Updated: Feb 26, 2021 / 07:17 PM HST HONOLULU (KHON2) — Two aquarium fishers on the Big Island were fined on Friday relating to an illegal aquarium fishing incident in Kona last year. Husband and wife, Stephen Howard and Yukako Toriyama, were ordered to pay $272,000 in civil fines for fishing and boating violations that took place in September 2020. These are record fines for these types of violations, according to the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources. Get Hawaii's latest news sent to your inbox, click here to subscribe to News 2 You, a daily newsletter. In September, DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) officers received a tip that Howard was