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chipwood · 06-09-2004, 10:46 AM

I'm not posting to argue with you Bart. I totally agree with you on enforcement by the DEM. I see you're from Franklin, MA and I don't know you or how often you fish Rhody or Aquid. Isle but I do know that DEM 911 is a joke in this town. I've talked with one female officer who said they don't even give tickets to offenders if their name is not already in the system. Newport is probably the easiest spot in Rhody for the DEM to catch poachers and the people who litter. There are stretches of shoreline that are so accessible to the DEM but the problem I hear is the number of officers. Getting back to organizing, maybe a fishing club should petition the DEM for more help in terms of officers to help out with the issues that confront the waterfront in Newport. The majority of fisherman on Aquidneck Island would not be effected but the hordes of poachers and litterbugs would.

06-09-2004, 10:46 AM	#23
chipwood Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 178	I'm not posting to argue with you Bart. I totally agree with you on enforcement by the DEM. I see you're from Franklin, MA and I don't know you or how often you fish Rhody or Aquid. Isle but I do know that DEM 911 is a joke in this town. I've talked with one female officer who said they don't even give tickets to offenders if their name is not already in the system. Newport is probably the easiest spot in Rhody for the DEM to catch poachers and the people who litter. There are stretches of shoreline that are so accessible to the DEM but the problem I hear is the number of officers. Getting back to organizing, maybe a fishing club should petition the DEM for more help in terms of officers to help out with the issues that confront the waterfront in Newport. The majority of fisherman on Aquidneck Island would not be effected but the hordes of poachers and litterbugs would.