Hyrule Bass Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Fisherman-Gets-Prison-for-Illegal-Striped-Bass-Harvest-294572871.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_DCBrand How does it even go on for that long? almost 200,000 pounds of illegally harvested stripers from the Chesapeake Bay. In nearly 4-5 years time, apparently he had some help too...and people wonder why the regulations for keeping them are so strict and vary throughout the year A Maryland fisherman has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison for his role in the illegal harvesting nearly 200,000 pounds of striped bass. Prosecutors said U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett sentenced him to spend six months on home detention after he completes his prison sentence. Hayden has been ordered to pay nearly $500,000 in restitution to the state as well as a $40,000 fine. I have a chartered trip for stripers planned on the Chesapeake Bay, via my boss at work and im invited, in mid-May...hope there is some fish left. last time i went in May i caught my personal best 42 inch striper.... Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted March 1, 2015 Super User Posted March 1, 2015 I've never seen striper on a Restraunt menu, are they being marketed differently? I wonder... Quote
dave Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 Rock Fish on menus. This guy's partner is already doing a year a day. This is a HOT topic in the Chesapeake Bay fishing circles. 2 Quote
Super User Darren. Posted March 1, 2015 Super User Posted March 1, 2015 Wow. Ridiculous amount of fish. That's a lot of $$ in restitution to pay back. Quote
Super User fishinfiend Posted March 2, 2015 Super User Posted March 2, 2015 dang Watch out for the big foot, red earth lol 1 Quote
Matthew2000 Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 See catch and release isn't nessecary. Look at those fish being caught. Quote
Catch 22 Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 The most astounding thing to me is the approval of the community as a whole. They see nothing wrong with these absurd violations. Bunch of smibs These guys stole from everyone on the east coast including there own commercial brothers.I hope they suffer greatly. Quote
dave Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 The most astounding thing to me is the approval of the community as a whole. They see nothing wrong with these absurd violations. Bunch of smibs These guys stole from everyone on the east coast including there own commercial brothers.I hope they suffer greatly. As you probably read, "everyone does it". They alluded to another 10-12 boats out there at the same time they were doing the same thing. Quote
Hyrule Bass Posted March 2, 2015 Author Posted March 2, 2015 dang Watch out for the big foot, red earth lol me and bigfoot would be cool with each other, id just toss him a catfish or something lol Quote
Hyrule Bass Posted March 2, 2015 Author Posted March 2, 2015 The most astounding thing to me is the approval of the community as a whole. They see nothing wrong with these absurd violations. Bunch of smibs These guys stole from everyone on the east coast including there own commercial brothers.I hope they suffer greatly. apparently some of you have been following the story for awhile. this is all new to me. youre telling me people approved of someone poaching over 200,000 lbs of fish? i mean thats a lot of fish too...i wonder if they were the ones buying the fish... Quote
dave Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Selling to legitimate markets.(illegally fixing the books on both ends) The people that thought it was okay was the commercial fishing community where they lived and worked. Quote
Catch 22 Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 apparently some of you have been following the story for awhile. this is all new to me. youre telling me people approved of someone poaching over 200,000 lbs of fish? i mean thats a lot of fish too...i wonder if they were the ones buying the fish... They were setting illegal nets off season, catching ,and selling rockfish. Its not the first for this area or several other places on the east coast. The demise of this fish has caused a 25 % coast wide reduction for 2015 partly due to illegal fishing. Many sport fishermen are outraged at these crooks. 1 Quote
Super User Bankbeater Posted March 3, 2015 Super User Posted March 3, 2015 Everyone thinks it doesn't effect them until they go fishing and wonder why they are not catching. Quote
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