Undersized Stripedbass openly sold

[Swimmer]

Much to my dismay this morning when perusing "The Boston Globe Magazine" I opened the weekly to page 45 where there is a picture of an Asian employee of the Vietnamese Super 88 ethic supermarket holding up a 12 to 14 inch striper. The woman customer obviously wants two fo the fish. And there is a sign that says $3.99 a pound in the case below and in front of the employee. If that was a farm raised bass it would be fileted. Boy does this tick me off. Howe do we go about reporting this? I wonder what else is sold there that is undersized or protected? The market is in Dorchester I think.

[BigFish]

Tip off the environmental police and at least they could look into it....seems to me these are the types of outlets they should be investigating as there is a large market through them for illegally caught fish!

[Clammer]

B/F /Whats the size limit down the coast //

years ago the Maryland guys were killing us with legal 10" - 12" fish ?????

[ThrowingTimber]

yea what clammer said, it may be fish taken further south.

[zacs]

they sell whole dressed and whole round farm raised stripers all the time.

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by zacs

they sell whole dressed and whole round farm raised stripers all the time.

Zacs would be correct.I've also seen them sold whole.

[Swimmer]

Just got through reading Striper Wars and in that book inside the Cheasepeke (sic?) the minimum is 16 inches. If it was a southern fish or imported from Arkansas it would be filet, yes? The fish in the picture is barely twice the size of the asian guys hands.......

[S-Journey]

Originally Posted by Swimmer

Much to my dismay this morning when perusing "The Boston Globe Magazine" I opened the weekly to page 45 where there is a picture of an Asian employee of the Vietnamese Super 88 ethic supermarket holding up a 12 to 14 inch striper. The woman customer obviously wants two fo the fish. And there is a sign that says $3.99 a pound in the case below and in front of the employee. If that was a farm raised bass it would be fileted. Boy does this tick me off. Howe do we go about reporting this? I wonder what else is sold there that is undersized or protected? The market is in Dorchester I think.

They have them all the time - year round - and they're farm raised. I've seen em like that at A&P in duxbury a few years back too.