Fishing Compliance Checks – Brooklyn And Bronx Counties - The Fisherman

Fishing Compliance Checks – Brooklyn And Bronx Counties

A swimmer with a spear and a boat captain with more than 100 illegal fish on board are just some of things ECOs encountered in recent statewide fishing compliance checks.

On Aug. 8, ECOs Milliron, Pansini, Rappold, and Swart, along with law enforcement agents from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), conducted compliance checks of wholesalers at a fish market in Bronx County. ECOs found one wholesaler selling multiple striped bass longer than the 38-inch maximum commercial length allowable in New York. Officers seized the fish and issued tickets for the striped bass and other observed violations. Later that morning, ECOs Pansini and Rappold donated the seized fish, totaling 240 pounds, to the Bowery Mission. The defendant paid $1,300 in fines.

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