Herring kill

[BigFish]

I find the fact that they claim 600,000 herring entered his bog to be entirely inaccurate and impossible. I love how they trump up these numbers! 2,000 does sound more accurate but I am not trying to diminish the seriousness of what he did.

[FishermanTim]

That's to make up for the lack of accountability of the netters' bycatch/kill. They have to make up for those numbers somewhere.
If it wasn't this guy, they'd claim the storm killed a half million, and wouldn't have to prove a thing.

I agree, 2000 sounds more likely, and exactly WHEN did they discover this? Was it after one of our recent storms? Could the net malfunction be attributed to the "forces of nature"?

If this occurred months ago, it doesn't instill a sense of reliability if it takes 2-3 months to have this come to light. It instills a sense of neglegence or incompetence on the part of the authorities that are just now reporting the incident. Maybe they needed more time to find a way to trump up the charges?

[BigFish]

I bet he is not found culpable.....no intent.

[leptar]

Here the first story...

I believe the story of 500-600k of juvenal herring. ... not inaccurate or impossible.

Females lay 60-100k eggs.

I seriously doubt a peep would have been said for 2,000 juvie herring.. think about it for a minute.. we are talking about 1.5-3" with 2.25" being average juvies here...

[robc22]

The farmer in question does have a serious atitude problem...........