Feds to issue steep fine over illegal stripers

A federal official said he’s preparing to fine the owner of a trawler for illegally catching nearly 3,000 pounds of striped bass.

The penalty is likely to be the first – and largest – in a series of recent violations against fisherme n for catching stripers in protected federal waters off North Carolina and Virginia coasts

Feds to issue steep fine over illegal stripers | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Published by Hank Sibley Bluewater Yacht Sales

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