So, I was walking along the canal over the weekend, and there was a guy there gill netting... I've not seen this before on the canal. I asked him what he was fishing for, and he said 'stripers'. To the best of my knowledge, you can't do this, even with a license.

Illegal. A quick perusal of Mass regs seem to indicate that the length of a gill net determines whether a license is required, and then only menhaden, sea herring, and mackeral can be caught. This isn't absolute; I may have missed something.

I would have called the clam cops and let them decide.
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I would have called the clam cops and let them decide.
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No idea what that means.

No idea what that means.

In Rhode Island it's the Department of Enviromental Managment (DEM)

Not sure what it's called in mass.

Poacher patrol.
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In MA it's the EP's,,, environmental police

MA EP # 800-632-8075. Add it to your contacts. I've called it a couple times when I seen guys breaking the law.
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Maybe that guy is a Native Mass-hole and is subsistence fishing.

*Mass-holeekee is a native tribe correct?*

Wampanoag?

I see guys doing it to catch bait(sandeels) then they fish those for stripers, but never seen anyone trying to net stripers.

Maybe that guy is a Native Mass-hole and is subsistence fishing.

*Mass-holeekee is a native tribe correct?*

Yeah, it was probably Liz Warren who was subsistence fishing to get some protein for her tribe.