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Originally posted by Pete_G
I believe $100 is the maximum allowable fine in many cases, assuming this is a Massachusetts herring run.
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HEREIN lies the problem. A hundred bucks is laughable. Just like the boys who got nabbed in RI for selling bass for years out of season...the 10K fine was a "cost of doing business", no problem. 100 bucks? I pay more then that for bait. This "crime" is looked upon as a non-event. These guys need to feel some pain.
How about a MIN of $10,000. and a Max of $100,000. I think this is fair. The money goes for more law inforcement and improvement of the run itself. Poaching and stealing and trashing public (and private) fisheries has got to stop. Put some teeth into the law and let it bite a few dirtbags in the ass.