Call to Change NY Law to Make Party Boat Captians and Crew Responsible for Illegal Fishing by Customers
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [East Hampton Star] By Editorial - September 29, 2017
Two recent high-profile incidents involving Montauk party-fishing boats have drawn attention to a problem on the water in which paying customers take too many or too small fish, while the crews, captains, and vessel owners evade responsibility.
The first of the busts happened aboard the Fin Chaser at the end of August at Star Island in Montauk Harbor. State Department of Environmental Conservation officers approached as the boat reached the dock, and customers were seen dumping hundreds of fish overboard despite orders to stop, then shuffling to their cars empty-handed.
As the officers investigated, they discovered abandoned...
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