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Well folks poaching requires demand.Any shop or fisherman who buys herring from a dubious source is just as guilty as the actual poacher.Its like cutting your own throat.
The local herring runs here in Tiverton and Little Compton get swamped by unliscensed out of staters(Mass.)as retail sales of herring doesn't happen in RI and DEM tries to enforce the law but they're are only so many of them.
We "decent" fisherman have to take a proactive role in this.Don't be afraid to tell these idiots to get the hell out,if you're outnumbered call a cop(they are useful sometimes).
To many times I've watched good fisherman turn a blind eye because they're afraid to get involved.
Please get involved,if you don't the only way you'll be able to get herring will be to poach and wouldn't that be ironic.
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