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Rhaburn's Route To Court
posted (June 24, 2015)

A few weeks ago we told you about former Ruta Maya champion Jerry Rhaburn – who was charged for possession of Hicatee during the closed season. Well they just went to court today where the 36 year old Rhaburn and his 21 year old wife Anisa Vernon, both residents of Burrell Boom, pled not guilty. Their case was adjourned until August 11. According to the allegation they were found with one Hicattee on May 22 – the fisheries department believes that Rhaburn was involved in a alrger trade of game species. They were represented by attorney Arthur Saldivar.

And, in another fisheries story, Forty year old fisherman Moises Flores, a resident of 208 Albert Street, was charged with engaging in the fishing of sea cucumber without a special license when he appeared today before Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser. Flores pled not guilty to the charge and his case was adjourned until July 30. According to Fishery Officer Maurice Westby, on March 29, shortly after 1 p.m. he and another officer arrived at the south west part of Southern Long Caye and saw a sailing boat, Zania and a canoe which Flores was in and he overturned it after he saw them approaching. Westby said they retrieved 26 sea cucumbers from the sea that were in the canoe and 286 sea cucumbers that were in the sailing boat, which made the total 312 sea cucumbers. Sea cucumbers are highly lucrative specialty not consumed in Belize but sold to the Asian market.

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