Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Good Guys Win - Bad Guys Loose - Striped Bass Poachers Go to Jail and Pay Big


There recently has been a lot of press about a federal case against striped bass poachers including fishermen, fish buyers, fish dealers and restaurants. The links below offer plenty of reading about the lengthy case. Finally, striped bass criminals are being prosecuted in a big way with jail time, license suspensions and big fines. Read all about it with these links or Google for more information. (copy and paste each web site as I can't seem to make them hot links)

http://www.fws.gov/northeast/le/featurestories/stripedbass.html


http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/opinion/display_editorial.htm?StoryID=113377


http://www.eyeonannapolis.net/2010/12/06/the-rockfish-named-in-poaching-sting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-rockfish-named-in-poaching-sting


This case is likely just the tip of the iceberg. But a step in the right direction.