Big rut roooooo

[Raider Ronnie]

When did our gov start selling fish ?
What HMS permit do they have and what NOAA vessel did they catch it on ?
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[Soundbounder]

And he got busted again earlier this month.

November 9, 2011

Coast Guard finds hidden hold in fishing leader's boat


For the second time in three months, the U.S. Coast Guard has charged the captain of a fishing boat in the fleet of Carlos Raphael, an influential New Bedford businessman and New England industry leader, with operating while having a hidden compartment on board.


An admiral estimated the discovery meant the boat could have illegally generated $3 million this year from a hidden harvest of scallops — the No. 1 cash crop in U.S. fisheries, and the hallmark that has made New Bedford the nation's port of highest valued landings.
Raphael owns New Bedford's largest fleet, estimated at more than two dozen active groundfish and scallop boats. He also serves as a board member of the Gloucester-based Northeast Seafood Coalition.


The Coast Guard announced that the 67-foot F/V Dinah Jane, which is owned by a corporation controlled by Raphael, was boarded Friday near Block Island, R.I. by a team from the cutter Bainbridge Island while fishing for scallops.


The captain, who was not identified, and the vessel were charged with "having a hidden compartment" and "impeding a Coast Guard boarding," said the release by First District (Boston) Public Affairs.


Rear Adm. Daniel Neptun, commander of the Coast Guard's First District out of Boston, said in the statement that the hidden compartment was estimated to be capable of concealing up to 2,750 pounds of scallops, "which over the course of limited access individual fishing quota trips this year, could have concealed an additional 300,000 pounds of fresh scallops, with commensurate market value of $3 million."

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local...ers-boat/print

[likwid]

We used to get lobster bait from one of the fish houses in NB.
If the gates were locked it meant they were offloading a little extra. Yanno, by accident and all.

[Soundbounder]

Originally Posted by likwid

We used to get lobster bait from one of the fish houses in NB.
If the gates were locked it meant they were offloading a little extra. Yanno, by accident and all.

A little extra from the secret compartment.

[Soundbounder]

The story keeps getting better and better:


Turns out, Carlos Rafael also sits on the current Board of Directors for the Northeast Seafood Coalition.


What is the mission of the Northeast Seafood Coalition?


"The Northeast Seafood Coalition is dedicated to working with government regulations and environmental concerns to preserve the long-term health of fishery resources, fishing communities and the fishing industry."


What does the Northeast Seafood Coalition Do?


"The work of the NSC is geared toward crafting solutions to complex fishery problems. The NSC strives to find creative solutions that work to rebuild fish stocks while preserving family-owned fishing businesses, a diverse groundfish fleet and fishing communities across the Northeast."


How could someone who is on the board of directors for a group whose primary mission is working with the government regulations directly associated with fisheries and the fishing industry claim ignorance of these regulations and therefore didn't deserve to have his fish impounded?

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