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finchaser
03-11-2017, 01:52 PM
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20160509/carlos-rafael-new-bedfords-codfather-indicted-on-27-counts :clapping:
Monty
03-11-2017, 02:08 PM
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20160509/carlos-rafael-new-bedfords-codfather-indicted-on-27-counts :clapping:
:HappyWave:
See what I mean about boat fisherman.
You don't see surf fisherman locked up and have a million dollar bail.
williehookem
03-12-2017, 08:32 AM
Oh for crying out loud will you get off the train about boat against surf fisherman please? This was a huge operation headed up by a scumbag. So glad that they caught him. It was probably just the tip of the iceberg. To say that this has anything to do with boat fishing would be like blaming anyone who fishes on a boat for all the illegal netting that is done in North Carolina and Maryland every year. That's just crazy.
Monty
03-12-2017, 10:19 AM
Oh for crying out loud will you get off the train about boat against surf fisherman please? This was a huge operation headed up by a scumbag. So glad that they caught him. It was probably just the tip of the iceberg. To say that this has anything to do with boat fishing would be like blaming anyone who fishes on a boat for all the illegal netting that is done in North Carolina and Maryland every year. That's just crazy.

Thanks for pointing that out. Wow, was I wrong.
stripermania
03-12-2017, 02:55 PM
Tip of the iceberg is putting it mildly. One bad apple like that can probably do more damage than 200 fishermen.
dogfish
03-13-2017, 08:20 AM
This was a bad dude. If not caught he would have kept going until there were no cod left. Thanks for posting.
finchaser
03-13-2017, 03:53 PM
All species he has 30 boats
CharlieTuna
09-26-2017, 08:43 PM
Follow up info the trial is over. This is the biggest poaching operation I can remember.
http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20170925/codfather-sentenced-to-46-months-in-fisheries-fraud-case
cowherder
09-28-2017, 11:52 AM
"The groundfish permits and vessels are valued between $27 million and $30 million, according to appraisals by the government and defense."

Wow! whoever said commercial fishermen don't make a lot of money should look at those numbers.