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Being as I lived in New Bedford for quite a while up to 12 years ago, I got to hear of a few places that operate like that. No I have never contributed to this practice, usually anything I am not going to eat myself gets released.
But the most common place to sell undersized fish is a place called "Porky's" on Cove Road right by the water, boats usually pull right up to the back door and unload their catch. He's been caught several times already and is still in business, go figure.
The other place is "De Mello's Market" about 1/4 mile away from Porky's, owned by two brothers. I've heard all you have to do is pull up to the back door and your in the money, no questions asked. Same senario as Porky's, been caught and still in business.
Maybe one day someone will actually enforce the law to it's fullest and shut places like this down for good, but till then all we can do is watch it happen over and over again.
It's just like drug dealers if you think about it, if a dealer gets caught and by some strange twist actually goes to jail, minutes after he's gone someone else is there to replace him.
It's the same with places like these, shut one down there's another waiting to do it. It's too easy to do and get away with and the moneys too good.
Who says crime don't pay?
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