When are they going to ramp up the fines?

[Mike P]

IMO, he should lose his commercial license for 5 years for a first offense, and permanently on a second offense.

Get caught driving with a BAC of .08111111 and you lose your license.

Loss of license is a much bigger hurt than a fine he can recoup in a good day.

[JohnR]

But clearly, he was only bending the rules in order to feed his family. Isn't that the argument? Kinda like how the drugs belonged to Ty Law's cousin? Petite only did it once? Roger misremembered?

[Clammer]

I heard the recommendation going to the Director is 100 per fish .

Mike P ,, FYI he doesn,t have a RI commercial license ><><

[Sea Dangles]

Originally Posted by Mike P

IMO, he should lose his commercial license for 5 years for a first offense, and permanently on a second offense.

Get caught driving with a BAC of .08111111 and you lose your license.

Loss of license is a much bigger hurt than a fine he can recoup in a good day.

You don't need a commercial license to sell fish.All you need is a place to sell them.In RI,where corruption is rampant,if you ask enough people you will find a buyer.Tough to take away somebodys livelihood in this economy but a BIG bite out of the wallet will discourage black market activity.You see a lot on the water including captains filling their boat with anglers just to get 2 fish per.Fishing is fun but greedy pigs will ruin it.

[Clammer]

It shouldn,t start & stop with bass .

It should for any infraction of the state law for any species .

When I dug full time /all the time ;; there was alot pirating going on .
without getting deep into it . it was basically the same , until they started taking boats ... then some switched to not using boats ..

no license ..no problem / they couldn,t revoke what you didn,t have .

Another problem [issue] was then & still is ............many of the judges see it as >>>>>> Oh its just a fish .

A few months back I saw a lists of arrests one DEM officer who was actually doing his job .On the east bay .
They had listed the name , violation & fines ......... most were court cost or a donation ;;