On Jan. 16th, 2015 Officers from the East Marine Sector were conducting dockside inspections of commercial fishing vessels landing in Stonington. Officers observed the fishing vessel Anne Kathryn offloading fish at a local fish dealer. The vessel was offloading monkfish, hake, squid, tilefish, butterfish and summer flounder (fluke). Summer flounder is a quota managed species with a current limit set at one thousand pounds per week. The vessel captain landed a total of 1158 pounds of fluke, 158 lbs over the legal landing limit. This vessel and captain have been warned in the past concerning landing limints of quota managed species. The vessel captain was charged with possession of summer flounder in excess of the current landing limit and given a court date at new London Superior court later that month. A total of 158 lbs of fluke were seized.
So if he was not checked by ENCONN the commercial fish buyer would have purchased those additional fish? Shouldn't the fish buyer have been fined also?
Originally Posted By: EnCon Police
Additionally EnCon Police utilized its' specially trained K-9 which detects human scent even through water.
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