[Fishnlabs]

Found this article this morning. DNR needs to take the boat, lock them up, and throw away the key



Police Board Fishing Vessel; 3 Men CitedOCEAN CITY, Md. (AP)

A Dorchester County man has been charged for a second time in less than a week with illegal commercial fishing.

Natural Resources Police says they boarded the 80-foot trawler Mount Vernon after watching it drag a net Sunday about two miles from the Ocean City inlet. Police seized nearly 3 tons of striped bass. Those charged included 69-year-old Jack Colbourne, owner of Colbourne Seafood Inc. in Secretary.

Colbourne and two other men were cited for fishing between 6 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday, when fishing is off limits.

Colbourne had already been cited last week for exceeding his seasonal allocation for striped bass. Police say the catch was sold and the money is being held in escrow until the cases are settled.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)


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[joe117]

3 tons?.......6,000 pounds.

What do they sell for? $3 per pound. $18,000

If the DNR wants to stop this they will have to fine him enough to make it cost more to pay the fine than the fish are worth.

 

[27 sailfish]

I read that this morning as well. Crazy they get charged twice in one week. They should lose the privilege of being able to catch Rockfish if they are not going to follow the rules.

3 tons is 6,000 lbs of Rock.Go with a 20lb average and that's 300 fish.

Even if they only get $1.00 a lb (which is way low) - still $6,000.00 is alot of money.At $2.00 a lb - it's $12,000.00 , not bad for n illegal night's work. They were netting from 6pm until 5 am. Funny- guess they did not want anyone to see them out there.

Yeah - the fine of $250.00 to $500.00 is a real deterent :52:.

DNR is catching these poachers - time the judges stop playing catch and release.

 

[bring_em_on]

Would castration be considered "cruel and unusual" in this case? Since he's raping the rocks, I think it's appropriate.

 

[Dashaway]

The state will probably return the excess case with interest.

 

[blue lou]

3 tons?.......6,000 pounds.

What do they sell for? $3 per pound. $18,000

If the DNR wants to stop this they will have to fine him enough to make it cost more to pay the fine than the fish are worth.

$2.60

 

[crabbyd]

??????

Maryland Natural Resources Police Blotter

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Calvert County - On Wednesday, Dec.17, at 11 a.m., the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged six individuals with striped bass violations in Solomons Harbor. NRP charged the individuals after locating 20 striped bass, some of which had been filleted, aboard their vessel, Stoney's Kingfisher.
The following individuals were charged with exceeding the daily recreational catch limit for striped bass and failure to land striped bass dockside as a whole fish: David D. Scott, 37, Lyndon D. Flora Sr., 49, Lyndon D. Flora Jr. 25, William A. Wroten, 27, Nicholas P. Hoffman, 24, all of Lusby and Joseph G. Hawk, 38, of Greenbelt.

A court date of Feb. 9 has been scheduled for the six individuals in Calvert County District Court.

 

[Grady23]

Forfiture of the boat and about a $25,000 fine along with a lifetime ban from comm fishing should do it!

 

[JimRockfish]

Either DNR is really on the ball these days or the numbers of poachers is increasing exponentially.

 

[smellslikefish]

Stoney's Kingfishers Seafood House Is this the Stoney's Kingfisher's were talking about???? Thet have a resturant and charter opperation.......maybe there dinner special that night was going to be Fresh Rockfish!!!

 

[joe117]

Stoney's Kingfishers Seafood House Is this the Stoney's Kingfisher's were talking about???? Thet have a resturant and charter opperation.......maybe there dinner special that night was going to be Fresh Rockfish!!!

You don't think that's just a joke do you?
I think it's where those fish were going.

 

[BayBum]

Can you clean rock on a boat, as long as you keep the measurable carcass?
They did on the last charter trip I was on.

 

[Francis]

Yes, if you keep the carcass on board, it is fine.

As far as DNR being on the ball lately, that's a joke. . .

 

[Raymond56]

Haaaaaaaaaa funny you should hear this.... a buddy down here in SnowHill that may or may not work on that boat said something to that effect about all the stripe bass a work boat out of Ocean City caught last weekend and yes he said it was in the thousands of pounds I had heard it last Sunday. Cut thier nuts OFF servesum right hope they get the max but prolly not

 

[aafinest]

I think I know one of the individuals charged in the Solomons incident. Wouldn't necessarily call him a "friend" more of an acquaintance. If it is who I suspect it is, I'm kinda surprised he would involve himself in any kind of illegal activity. But after 35 years of being a police officer nothing really surprises me too much. Maybe sometimes you don't know a person as good as you think you do. Seems like there might be more to this story than what's been reported so far, kinda anxious to hear more.

 

[tiderunner3150]

Just imagine, this only what they were cought doing.

 

[Down Dragger]

[ Is this the Stoney's Kingfisher's were talking about???? Thet have a resturant and charter opperation.......maybe there dinner special that night was going to be Fresh Rockfish!!![/QUOTE]

I think this is the bust that your thinking about.

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[ragnad]

Stoney's Kingfisher should be renamed "Boatload O' Dirtballs"

Check out the multiple priors on that crew. Only Mr. Hawk had a clean record before.

Maryland Judiciary Case Search

Mr. Scott takes the cake, even among this bunch of derelicts.

Interestingly, Mr. Colbourne does not appear as having been charged.