After Serving Time For Illegal Wildlife Trafficking, Ammon Covino Wants To Join The Austin Aquarium

By Brandon Klaus

Ammon Covino, the co-founder of the Portland Aquarium and director of the Idaho Aquarium who was successfully prosecuted for his involvement in the illegal trading of marine animals, is back in the news for, you guessed it, his involvement with yet another public aquarium. Shortly after we first wrote about Convino’s legal issues with the Idaho Aquarium, we found out that he was somewhat involved with a facility in Austin, Texas. While he is not in charge of the Austin Aquarium, his brother Vince is, and of course Ammon’s involvement has been inevitable despite a fresh release from prison and being ordered to have no part in any aquarium activities as part of his release.

According to court documents, Covino is not allowed to do anything that “involves exhibiting, importing, transporting, selling, receiving, acquiring or purchasing in interstate or foreign commerce any fish or wildlife.” He was basically ordered to have no part in anything aquarium related. But his new role is said to be that of a consultant, and his lawyer is seeking to modify the terms of his release to allow him to come on board to help the aquarium establish its facilities. …read more

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