Problems at Herring Run!!

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Picked this off of the RISAA e-mail forum. I think it would be wise for any of us with cell phones to bring them to the run when we are going....

"Took a ride down to Gilbert Stewart this morning to check it out. With the kids on vacation, and the Herring having several weeks to go up, thought we'd go down and chase some. When I arrived one fellow told me two lobstermen from CT had been there since 6 AM and just left with 2 barrels full. There was another fellow fishing under the bridge who said he was netting for lobster bait. As I left to get the kids he took a bucket up to the truck to dump it. Came back an hour later and he was still fishing with a group of about 5. Didn't have the DEM # so (perhaps wrongly) decided to confront him. Told him that the regulations are there for a reason and wanted to warn him before I called the DEM. This led to an ugly situation in the parking lot for I had totally embarrassed him, and everybody does it, and its non of my #@*&%$#@ business. Perhaps I could have handled it better, maybe taking him aside to speak with him. Bottom line is none of us like being the enforcer, but feel compelled to sometimes when these activities take place. It seems that most of these flagrant activities take place early in the AM when the offenders believe it is safe. If it continues we will be put in the same situation as CT....having to close the resource to all. Spoke w/ Steve Mederios this morning. Steve suggested that there is strength in numbers when dealing with the DEM. If this issue concerns you, please take a moment to call their enforcement office at 401-222-2284, D.E.M.