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EPOs out checking boats, fish catches

May 24, 2017 by Fairhave Neighborhood News

Mass. Environmental Police seized this catch from two boats in Wareham. Numerous individuals face charges including no recreational fishing licenses, exceeding cash limits and undersize catch. The fish were also improperly handled, with no ice, prompting EPOs to take the fish to the National Marine Life Center for other animals to consumer. Photo from the Wareham Harbormater’s Facebook page.

By Beth David, Editor

Boaters and fishers be warned: The Massachusetts Environmental Police Officers (EPOs) have been out in force, checking boats for safety and for illegal fish.

At Hoppy’s Landing in Fairhaven, three people received verbal warn­ings for being 100 scup over the limit on Friday, 5/19, according to Katie Gronendyke, a spokesperson for the EP. According to those on the scene, the boat was a small charter that regularly uses Hoppy’s Landing to launch. No other information was available by press time.

In Wareham, on Sunday, 5/21, the Harbor­master’s Department was conducting safety checks at the Tempest Knob Boat Ramp when officers observed large quantities of coolers on the decks of two center console boats. Wareham officials contacted environ­mental police.

One of the captains dumped some fish over­board, but offi­cials recovered the dead fish.

EPOs allege that the two boats had “hundreds of pounds of various fish illegally taken that included black sea bass, scup, tautog, blue­fish, striped bass and sea robins, which were seized,” accord­ing to the Ware­ham Harbor­master’s Facebook page.

Charges against numerous indi­viduals included having no recrea­tional fishing licenses, exceeding catch limits, undersize catch and illegally disposing of fish.

Because of the “questionable storing of the fish without ice and the unknown amount of time that the fish had been stored,” the fish were taken to the National Marine Life Center in Buzzards Bay to be used for feeding animals there.

Click here to download the entire 5/25/17 issue: 05-25-17 HerringFest

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