On August 17, ECOs Della Rocco, Hilton, and Zullo patrolled the eastern Long Island Sound and observed several vessels with anglers on board fishing. The Officers spotted one individual on a vessel throw a black sea bass into the water and sail away from the ECOs. The Officers conducted a marine fishing compliance check on the vessel and discovered it was a fishing charter based in Connecticut with 37 black sea bass on board, 13 over the legal limit in New York State for the eight people on the boat (four per person). Eleven of the fish measured less than the minimum size limit in New York. The ECOs issued two appearance tickets to the captain of the vessel, returnable to Southold Town Justice Court. The illegal fish were seized as evidence
