![]() ![]() Maybe not what some of the poster here are talking about. The poachers should be severely punished. Charges included Commercial fishing during closed season, over the limit striped bass, possession of striped bass without a clipped fin and operating without navigation lights. Officers confiscated 388 pounds of illegal Striped Bass with a marked value of approximately $2,400.00, fishing gear valued at $3,000.00 and issued approximately $1,000.00 in fines. Commercial fishermen are not prohibited from recreational fishing as long as they abide by the recreational rules and clip the right pectoral fin from any commercial-sized fish. ![]() Six commercial vessels were found to possess Striped Bass prior to the season opening. The Patrol Boat Thomas Paine, 2 smaller patrol boats and one under cover surveillance vessel, conducted 60 vessel inspections. In response to receiving numerous complaints of Commercial Striped Bass Fisherman retaining Striped Bass prior to the commercial season opening, on the evening of July 24, 2016, the Massachusetts Environmental Police (MEP) conducted a saturation patrol of the Commercial Striped Bass fleet in the vicinity of southern Cape Cod Bay. Reported Jon the Facebook page of the Massachusetts Environmental Police:
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