A Department of Fish and Game warden inspects a boat belonging to a commercial fisherman. Game wardens, who had been tracking him for suspected poaching, arrested the fisherman at the dock in Long Beach. (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)
A Department of Fish and Game warden hauls a crate of lobster evidence after the arrest of a suspected poacher. The crustaceans were used as a plant to attract the suspect. (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)
The small hole in this lobster’s tail indentifies it as one of the creatures planted by the Department of Fish and Game to nab a suspected poacher. (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)
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This lobster, marked by the Department of Fish and Game, was part of the plan that resulted in the arrest of a suspected poacher in Long Beach. (Bob Chamberlin / LAT)