Last month, we had a tackle shop here in LI, NY get caught TWO DAYS IN A ROW for undersize fluke and multiple short bass. He thought he was slick after getting busted and did the same thing the next day and was busted AGAIN. A local seafood restaurant was also implicated.
If it was not for one brave soul to post this matter online, it would have gone largely unnoticed. The District Attorney wasn't going to take the case very seriously but thanks to several fisherman/women writing in to the DA expressing their outrage, it looks like the fine will be a heck of a lot higher now. However, I do hope he really loses business by people not giving any more business.
In the past year, reading the message boards, I'm hearing more and more stories of guys writing in, mentioning how they called DEC. Sometimes its successful, sometimes it not, but you know, this is a great start. At least we know there are lots of us that do care, and that these creeps are being watched. Yes, they may get away with it now, but eventually they will get caught.
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