Busted

[mtman]

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1985384

[frugalfisherman]

They'll probably cut back on the recreational quota to make up for these fluke.

[Got Em On]

Should have received a sentence of 4 years. Hope they throw the book at the commercial bandit.

[kurtisb]

What a joke. Four months for a quarter million pounds of fluke. That's one day per ton. Can you imagine stealing 2000 pounds of fluke and only serving one day for it.

[Capt. Lou]

This is one guy they caught only can imagine what's really going on out there ! Sentences like that for stealing 1/2 million dollars doesn't put a scare into anyone .
Yet we get stopped / checked for violations , while this guy fronts more fluke than r fleet might catch in a month . Maybe just maybe there concentrating efforts in the wrong areas , ya think!!!

[thefishermanmechanic]

They only say what happened to the scumbag who fenced the fluke not about the conspirators who else were involved? Just jail? How about fines loss of licences boats etc? I'm guessing this goes much deeper than this case!

[kurtisb]

Plea bargain for wire fraud. Should have been the max at 20 years.

[RBC67]

Made 1/2 million dollars and got 4 months nice trade off

[JBird]

We get fined per fish, I think that should apply here too.