Eel Poaching in Rhode Island

[PaulS]

Originally Posted by JLH

Penalties definitely need to be stiffer… With the price per pound these guys are getting a $1-2K fine is little more than a cost of doing business and I can't see it being a big deterrent.

Yup, for a certain class of people getting fined/arrested is a cost of business and nothing more. The fine is prob. about 1 nights work.

[Clammer]

I was told about the RI activity / very soon after it happen .

in detail .... one set of guys actually had a detailed map with places marked ..with either their gear was or places to go ........................ I passed the information along / especially to someone that is always around / brackish water / falls / herring .

He called to tell me he was hauling buckies up over a water fall & 2 northerns came to where he was & actually helped him with the herring .
They asked questions & he asked questions & along with getting their plate number .he passed it to the DEM . We don,t know if they ever got busted .