Gulfport, Mississippi: Two men arrested for their involvement in the illegal interstate commerce of oysters have been sentenced in the Southern District Court of Mississippi. William Epperson, Captain of the vessel Ms. Emie was sentenced September 3, 2003, for commerce involving 3,235 sacks of oysters with a market value of about $84,110. Donnie Diket, a deck hand, was sentenced on August 6, 2003, for commerce involving 58 sacks of oysters with a market value 1,508. From early June 2002 until early August 2002, Epperson and others knew that oysters had been taken in Louisiana and had been and were intended to be transported, purchased, and received from Louisiana to Mississippi in violation of the Lacey Act which regulates interstate commerce.
Two Men Involved in Illegal Interstate Oyster Commerce Sentenced in Gulfport Court
