Contrary to, it seems, popular belief, the government prosecutes more than just Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships cases.
On January 14, 2008, David S. Wong, a resident of Elk Grove Village, Ill., pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Los Angeles to violating the Lacey Act for purchasing and re-selling a specific species of fish in the catfish family that had been imported illegally. An anti-dumping duty was placed on Pangasius hypophthalmus imports from Vietnam on January 31, 2003, after a petition was filed by the catfish
farmers of America alleging that this fish was being sold in the United States at less than fair market value.
Mr. Wong admitted to purchasing and re-selling frozen fillets of the fish Pangasius hypophthalmus, a member of the catfish family, marketed by the approved trade names of