NOAA Cops

[Peterooster]

A brightly colored NOAA law enforcement pickup was in Atlantic Highlands Harbor today, did not see any officers belonging to truck. ????

[1captainron]

A brightly colored NOAA law enforcement pickup was in Atlantic Highlands Harbor today, did not see any officers belonging to truck. ????

Major screw up, thought today was the Jersey opining .......The should have been in NY!!! :D

[tautog]

Someone should have mistaken the front seat for the rest room.:eek:

[Detour66]

Yep...AH ramp...easy pickings!

[bulletbob]

Great, thats exactly what we need, more "law enforcement" while boating and fishing in the NY Bight...

Lets see , we have The USCG,

The respective DEC patrols of NY/NJ, depending on which side you are fishing,

the county sheriff marine units on both sides ,

the state police marine units both sides,
and now NOAA....
I must be wrong headed,because there are many among us that still feel this is a GOOD thing, and I still don't see it that way at all..
How did we EVER manage years ago, without all these dedicated public servants " watching out for" us?...

Sorry my friends, but in my admittedly cynical mind, this just reeks of a further increase in surveillance..
I personally fear for the future of recreational salt water fishing .. bob

[Fishin Dude]

With so many fishermen bragging or even just implying
on open public online forums about how they are planning on breaking the law, sure I would expect see more enforcement this year. Loose lips sink ships, or this case, keyboard strokes fu** folks.

[bulletbob]

With so many fishermen bragging or even just implying
on open public online forums about how they are planning on breaking the law, sure I would expect see more enforcement this year. Loose lips sink ships, or this case, keyboard strokes fu** folks.

actually, you make a very good point, that I really had not considered... bob

[Ttmako]

They are 100% monitoring fishing sites.
No doubt about it.

[CaptJohn]

They were at the Manasquan inlet a few weeks ago, but never left the truck.

[Fishin Dude]

As for Manasquan Inlet and the river, I would expect the State Police Boat and Coast Guard Boat that patrol that area, ( Everyone has seen them), as well as those in Barnegate Bay, where you also have the local PD boats, will be checking. Along with being summoned for violations, they can also seize your many dollars worth of fishing gear if they so choose to.

[pgoins]

They've been in the Highlands and Atlantic Highlands for the last few weeks. They are all good guys. Give em a break. Been boarded and checked by them when we arrive at the dock. I just let them do their thing.

Get their cell phone numbers. It's nice to able to call someone that will answer and do something when see someone keeps a lot of shorts or off season fishing.

[stevelikes2fish]

NOAA......Never On About Anything

[Reelron]

They've been in the Highlands and Atlantic Highlands for the last few weeks. They are all good guys. Give em a break. Been boarded and checked by them when we arrive at the dock. I just let them do their thing.

Get their cell phone numbers. It's nice to able to call someone that will answer and do something when see someone keeps a lot of shorts or off season fishing.

Paul is right. It will alway sbe those at the bottom of the chain that will take most of the abuse because people are dissatisfied with thre rules and laws coming from the top.

And yes, the more talk and print you see about breaking those laws the more you will see them around. I say just do what you have to do but do it quietly!

[bulletbob]

They've been in the Highlands and Atlantic Highlands for the last few weeks. They are all good guys. Give em a break. Been boarded and checked by them when we arrive at the dock. I just let them do their thing.

Get their cell phone numbers. It's nice to able to call someone that will answer and do something when see someone keeps a lot of shorts or off season fishing.

I am sure they are good guys, but the fact remains.. We now have the presence of a federal agency to go along with military,state, county,and local agencies that can board you, and issue summons.
Actually there are 2 state agencies,the state marine police and the DEC.. I might be in the minority here, but sorry, I just don't see all this surveillance as a positive development... bob

[Capt. Debbie]

Curious why the feds would bother enforcing Jersey law?

[Detour66]

They are 100% monitoring fishing sites.
No doubt about it.
If this is the case maybe we should stop posting our limit catch's with pic's of fish all over the deck or dock and just be low key about things and say something like "we had a decent day of fishing" etc. Less Intel for them better for us? The word get's out when fishing is good no matter what. Pictures are just evidence for them to use to cut back on what we can catch even more. Just a thought!