LOBSTER POACHER CONVICTED
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Good job on the part of the commercial Lobster industry and DFW. Bad job on the sentence. Repeat offender and gets a small fine and can't fish in Los Angeles County waters??? It is a state law he violated, why not in all of CA? Why did not DFW confinscate his boat too. With such weak punishment it remained profitable for him to break the law, and to continue to do so. Just my $0.01 worth.
I'm always amazed when judges think taking a license away from a poacher is going to stop them from breaking the law.
broncobowsher
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It's California, it is illegal to punish criminals. Only law abiding people are allowed to be punished.
What would you propose? Remember, it should be proportional to the offense. Also, you as a taxpayer have to pay for all the consequences of the punishment.
I'd pay to have him put down.
broncobowsher
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Ana
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Not much different in Florida.
They catch them with stupid amount of undersize and/or with eggs and the fine sometimes is less than the price per pound at a fish market. Makes no sense.
If a drug dealer loses the car he's driving when caught with drugs, a poacher sould also relinquish everything he has when caught red handed. Gear, boat, everything... And not just a fine, some jail time per lobster seems appropriate. If is an illegal fish then go ahead a define the jail time by the amount of inches under or over the legal size with a minimum of days just for good measure.
As it stands now, getting caught poaching can be absorbed as the price of business.
They catch them with stupid amount of undersize and/or with eggs and the fine sometimes is less than the price per pound at a fish market. Makes no sense.
If a drug dealer loses the car he's driving when caught with drugs, a poacher sould also relinquish everything he has when caught red handed. Gear, boat, everything... And not just a fine, some jail time per lobster seems appropriate. If is an illegal fish then go ahead a define the jail time by the amount of inches under or over the legal size with a minimum of days just for good measure.
As it stands now, getting caught poaching can be absorbed as the price of business.
Bob DBF
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There is a limitation on what punishment can be meted out for a particular crime. The problem is catching offenders, and especially multiple times, so the punishment can be escalated.
Back when there abalone in NorCal, poaching was a big problem, with the same sort of outcome, I would let everyone around me know I would personally turn them for violations of fish and game laws, as it was easy to get limits of game without breaking the law. Abalone was big bucks for poachers.
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