#1224932 - 06/23/1012:42 AM
Re: Dragger in the Niantic River
[Re: Alemux2]
carlynewlondon
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Originally Posted By: Alemux2
I was fishing in the Niantic River yesterday when a commercial fishing boat lowers his net and makes three seperate drags in the channel in front of Camp Rell.
They had to clean the channel of every fish in it. Is this legal?
Just doesn't seem right. We can only keep three and they empty the River.
Armand
Its not right but probably perfectly legal. Imagine the destruction of marine life dragging that gear over the bottom. Anything they don't keep goes back over dead. That goes on every day offshore with fleets of boats killing fish you never get to see.
You should consider joining the RFA if it concerns you.