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05-04-2011, 06:00 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Nebe,
I live here on the Chesapeake. It was 1400 yards of net. That is not 3 miles in my book. There are a lot of nets in the bay (perhaps they should not be here but that is a different discussion on s different forum). However, my guess is that this last one was probably a net lost during a storm and not found until a boat trolling was pinched between two boats and forced to stop. As a result his 15 lures got snagged in the net. The location were he got hung up was pretty inaccessable (right across the bay from me). Not the type of place someone would look for a lost net.
As far as having nets, I have a shrimp net and don't have a commerical license. They are a lot easier to buy than you woudl think...plus you can buy used ones pretty cheap down south. I personnally don't consider the responsible parties "commercial waterman" any more than I consider a poacher an "angler". Both are theives in my book.
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05-04-2011, 06:23 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chesapeake Bill
Nebe,
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As far as having nets, I have a shrimp net and don't have a commerical license. They are a lot easier to buy than you woudl think...plus you can buy used ones pretty cheap down south. I personnally don't consider the responsible parties "commercial waterman" any more than I consider a poacher an "angler". Both are theives in my book.
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05-04-2011, 07:06 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Nets, be they lost or old, are ghost nets....scourge of the sea. Gill nets above a certain size should have a beacon of sorts so they can be located if lost, IMO
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05-04-2011, 08:03 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nebe
Maryland Natural Resources Police said an 80-foot work boat
outfitted with a crane worked for several hours to gather the
nearly mile-long net on Tuesday.
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Originally Posted by Chesapeake Bill
Nebe,
I live here on the Chesapeake. It was 1400 yards of net.
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My mistake.. I crossed my facts. 3 tones of fish.. but it says the net was almost 1 mile long.... that is HUGE!!
your probably right.. it could be ghost gear. |
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05-04-2011, 09:46 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Holyoke, Ma
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Wow 16 tons of illegal fish seized, wonder what the number is that the guys who havent been caught.
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