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The crews on the Corps of Engineers patrol boats have no authority to issue tickets. Plus, all of their patrol craft are based in the west end. It takes them a good half hour to get to the east end, and the vast majority of boats are fishing inside the Canal at that end. The boats see them coming once they get by the Sagamore Bridge, and haul ass. The best they can do under any circumstances is record numbers and pass the info off to the CG.
It's the Coast Guard's job. And they can't be everywhere all the time. Sometimes they board and issue tickets, sometimes they just tell boats to move. They're also charged with EEZ enforcement, SAR and drug interdiction. And boating safety checks in the summer.
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