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DZ · 07-25-2002, 11:49 AM

The striped bass sold in restaurants has always been a problem to track. Many if not most of the restaurants in Rhody buy their bass direct from fishermen which in Rhody is illegal. There is not enough law enforcement officers to check on the restaurants. Just last week the Providence Journal interviewed restaurants in Newport for its Food Section. The managers of the restaurants boasted that their chefs caught and served their own bass. This is illegal. Every commercial bass has to be tracked through the market. Next time you order bass in a RI restaurant ask for the tag that is supposed to be on eash fish. Black market bass is big business in Rhody.

07-25-2002, 11:49 AM	#17
DZ Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,574	The striped bass sold in restaurants has always been a problem to track. Many if not most of the restaurants in Rhody buy their bass direct from fishermen which in Rhody is illegal. There is not enough law enforcement officers to check on the restaurants. Just last week the Providence Journal interviewed restaurants in Newport for its Food Section. The managers of the restaurants boasted that their chefs caught and served their own bass. This is illegal. Every commercial bass has to be tracked through the market. Next time you order bass in a RI restaurant ask for the tag that is supposed to be on eash fish. Black market bass is big business in Rhody.
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