New MA Eel Regs?

[dannyplug1]

This is a good start. I have a friend in my fishing club who suggested getting rid of Rhode Island's six inch eel limit for years. Beside what kind of jerk kills off the small eels so the wont grow to be fishable eels or go to the Sargasso to make more eels? Only a short sided selfish fool.

[FishermanTim]

I wonder what rules or regulations are on the boards for those wonderful idiots that were poaching the juveniles for the Asian food market?

I was also wondering if the size restriction was meant to "deter" these POS's from raping this resource with impunity?
(Notice I said DetER and not STOP, as we all know that if there are no strick laws against poaching then there really are NO LAWS against poaching. (Poach thousands of dollars in eels and get fined $500.00 is a slap on the wrist.)

We can all thank those poaching turds, most that come from up north (maine) for helping to make these new regs a reality, and who knows what else will be added if these poachers continue to reap rewards at our expense??