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Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman
Again this illustrates how rule makers are out of touch with reality.
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I hope this isn't too far off topic. It's got nothing to do with tuna from shore, but is another illustration of how inept enforcement agents can be.
I was returning from a scalloping trip on George's Bank this past summer when we were stopped by the Coast Guard for a rountine boarding/inspection.
We are allowed to possess 300 lbs of monkfish for every 24 hours that we fish. We fished for 13 days and had about 3000 lbs of monk aboard. When they checked the fish hold, the CG told us we were in violation because the possession limit was 300 lbs
for the entire trip.We assured them they were wrong, but they stated that they were certain. They proceeded to hold us up for over an hour while they flipped through regs in thier binders, contacted "the mother ship" to consult with other officials and so forth. Of course, they turned out to be wrong, and sent us on our way with profuse appologies and quite a bit of embarassment to themselves.
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