other poachers..... more BS

[Rmarsh]

These are small time poachers........THIS guy is the all time biggest poacher ....over 45 boats and still working at it every day. Six million dollars in overseas accounts...smuggled cash out of the country with help from a former homeland security officer. He should be in jail but he came up with the money for bond, no surprise with all the bags of money he's got from raping the ocean. If the goverment is serious about punishing poachers they should start with this maggot.


http://fisherynation.com/archives/tag/carlos-rafael

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Rmarsh

These are small time poachers........THIS guy is the all time biggest poacher ....over 45 boats and still working at it every day. Six million dollars in overseas accounts...smuggled cash out of the country with help from a former homeland security officer. He should be in jail but he came up with the money for bond, no surprise with all the bags of money he's got from raping the ocean. If the goverment is serious about punishing poachers they should start with this maggot.


http://fisherynation.com/archives/tag/carlos-rafael

They should jail him, his accountant, his distributors, and all of his captains.
His boats should be confiscated and given to honest fishermen who were driven out of business by fisheries rules, fished honestly, couldn't stay above water and had to sell.
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[Rmarsh]

Originally Posted by Nebe

They should jail him, his accountant, his distributors, and all of his captains.
His boats should be confiscated and given to honest fishermen who were driven out of business by fisheries rules, fished honestly, couldn't stay above water and had to sell.
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I heard rumors that goverment officials have determined that shuting down his operation and confiscating the boats will cause an economic collapse of the New Bedford waterfront businesses that support the fleet....fuel, ice, maintenance etc.

The too big to fail theory?

If we are going to talk about poachers, we should mention a guy who has spent a lifetime and made millions of dollars doing it.
Also that he has been prosecuted and convicted of tax evasion several times during his over 30 years of poaching, smuggling and stealing.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Rmarsh

I heard rumors that goverment officials have determined that shuting down his operation and confiscating the boats will cause an economic collapse of the New Bedford waterfront businesses that support the fleet....fuel, ice, maintenance etc.

The too big to fail theory?

If we are going to talk about poachers, we should mention a guy who has spent a lifetime and made millions of dollars doing it.
Also that he has been prosecuted and convicted of tax evasion several times during his over 30 years of poaching, smuggling and stealing.

That's why you just give the boats to former boat owners who couldn't make it.

I bet most of his 45 boats were once owned by honest fishermen.

I wonder how much heroin was smugged in from Russian freighters on his boats too?
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[Bronx68]

The only way to stop this poaching is have stiffer fines. I think they should have been fined a thousand dollars each.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Nebe

They should jail him, his accountant, his distributors, and all of his captains.
His boats should be confiscated and given to honest fishermen who were driven out of business by fisheries rules, fished honestly, couldn't stay above water and had to sell.
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They will jail him, but it will be for tax evasion. They have already charged his bookkeeper, too.

[bobber]

just read that another guy got busted in Wareham with 209 seabass a few days later......