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Title: Stripers For Sale.......
Post by: The Broken One on September 26, 2008, 11:15:24 AM
Fishman Found With $3K Of Illegal Bass, Officials Say
POSTED: 12:54 pm EDT September 24, 2008


HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Connecticut fisherman and a Rhode Island seafood dealer were arrested, accused of the illegal sale of striped bass.
The fisherman, Sean Bradshaw, 44, of Pawcatuck, was charged with the landing and sale of striped bass without a commercial license, commercial fishing without a vessel permit, possession of untagged striped bass and the commercial sale of scup without a license and during the closed season.
The seafood dealer, John Guerrieri, 50, of South Kingstown, R.I., was charged with buying seafood without a Connecticut seafood dealers license and operating a motor vehicle without a license.
The Connecticut and Rhode Island environmental police acted on information that Bradshaw was catching bass and bringing striped bass back to his dock in the Pawcatuck River near his home. He would ice and store the fish at his home and Guerrieri, the Rhode Island seafood dealer, would then come to his house and buy them, officials said.
The DEP’s Environmental Conservation Police unit and the Rhode Island Environmental Police investigated and both men were arrested Monday at Bradshaw’s home.
At the time of the arrest, Connecticut and Rhode Island officers seized 42 striped bass, total weight 971 pounds and 89 scup, total weight 87 pounds.
With the fair market value for commercial striped bass at around $3 per pound, the estimated value of this bass was $2,913. All of the fish was donated to the Amos House in Providence, Rhode Island.
Source NBC30.com, Hartford, CT
Title: Re: Stripers For Sale.......
Post by: rugman on September 26, 2008, 11:18:33 AM
 t^ t^ t^
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Post by: Luna Sea 5 on September 26, 2008, 11:24:58 AM
 w0w
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Post by: Hotrod on September 26, 2008, 11:26:27 AM
What a shame.  the things people will do for a dollar
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Post by: ped579 on September 26, 2008, 12:21:25 PM
Gotcha... TT^
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Post by: kezsr on September 26, 2008, 12:26:24 PM
I'm sure that they weren't follwing size limit regulations either. nosmly
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Post by: Pfishingruven on September 26, 2008, 01:09:42 PM
Good find!  Incredible the amount of fish poaching that goes on!?

 TT^
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Post by: wb on September 26, 2008, 05:27:55 PM
based on the article it would appear they caught them red-handed... tough to deny at that point.

guess now they pay the duma$$ tax
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Post by: brickken on September 26, 2008, 11:42:58 PM
That's an average of 23 1/2 pounds per fish. They must have been some nice sized ones in there and he must have had a hell of a cooler...

Problem is if a 1 day haul was 3,000 they have to hit them with a very large fine to make a point, otherwise it's the cost of "doing business" for jerks like them...
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Post by: Kenny on November 21, 2008, 06:13:06 PM
I would love to read a follow-up on this with regard to what the dollar amount would be on the fine, Maybe some jail time would be in order as well.