buckethead
03-12-2010, 03:45 PM
I can't believe they were doing this in sight of the shore. If it was a prohibited area that must have taken a lot of balls.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/atlantic_highlands_clammers_ha.html
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N.J. clammers are charged with harvesting from contaminated water near Atlantic Highlands
By MaryAnn Spoto/The Star-Ledger (http://connect.nj.com/user/mspoto/index.html)
March 11, 2010, 7:39PM
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS -- Four clammers have been cited by state environmental officials on charges they harvested clams from contaminated water near Atlantic Highlands.
Conservation Officer Tracy Jones was on routine patrol on land shortly after 8 a.m. on Feb. 23 when he spotted a clammer in a closed area of the Atlantic Highlands Harbor off First Avenue, said Darlene Yuhas, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental Protection.
After seeking assistance from the Coast Guard at Sandy Hook, Jones and Coast Guard personnel spotted two more vessels in the prohibited area, Yuhas said. She said all four men in the three boats were clamming in 270 yards into the prohibited area.
The men complied with orders to immediately return the clams to the water, Yuhas said. She said none of the clams got to market or to a depuration plant, which cleanses and purifies shellfish taken from restricted waters that are marginally contaminated with coli form. Prohibited waters contain high levels of coli form that cannot be treated at depuration plants.
The clammers were identified as Bernard Deaver, 59, of Highlands; William Willem, 57, of Surf City; David Tauro, 41, of Highlands and Dennis Herbert, 61, of Oceanport.
‘‘Our guys are out there. If you’re out there (in prohibited waters), there’s a darned good chance you’re going to be seen,’’ Yuhas said.
Yuhas said all four men had state-issued clamming licenses and depuration permits, but those permits, which must be carried while harvesting, do not allow them to be in prohibited areas.
All four men were cited for harvesting clams in a closed depuration area in addition to other charges. If found guilty, the clammers face a $500 fine for each summons and a mandatory three-year suspension of their shellfish license and their depuration permits.
They are scheduled to appear in Atlantic Highlands municipal court on March 22.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/atlantic_highlands_clammers_ha.html
Monmouth County » (http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/monmouth_county/index.html)
N.J. clammers are charged with harvesting from contaminated water near Atlantic Highlands
By MaryAnn Spoto/The Star-Ledger (http://connect.nj.com/user/mspoto/index.html)
March 11, 2010, 7:39PM
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS -- Four clammers have been cited by state environmental officials on charges they harvested clams from contaminated water near Atlantic Highlands.
Conservation Officer Tracy Jones was on routine patrol on land shortly after 8 a.m. on Feb. 23 when he spotted a clammer in a closed area of the Atlantic Highlands Harbor off First Avenue, said Darlene Yuhas, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental Protection.
After seeking assistance from the Coast Guard at Sandy Hook, Jones and Coast Guard personnel spotted two more vessels in the prohibited area, Yuhas said. She said all four men in the three boats were clamming in 270 yards into the prohibited area.
The men complied with orders to immediately return the clams to the water, Yuhas said. She said none of the clams got to market or to a depuration plant, which cleanses and purifies shellfish taken from restricted waters that are marginally contaminated with coli form. Prohibited waters contain high levels of coli form that cannot be treated at depuration plants.
The clammers were identified as Bernard Deaver, 59, of Highlands; William Willem, 57, of Surf City; David Tauro, 41, of Highlands and Dennis Herbert, 61, of Oceanport.
‘‘Our guys are out there. If you’re out there (in prohibited waters), there’s a darned good chance you’re going to be seen,’’ Yuhas said.
Yuhas said all four men had state-issued clamming licenses and depuration permits, but those permits, which must be carried while harvesting, do not allow them to be in prohibited areas.
All four men were cited for harvesting clams in a closed depuration area in addition to other charges. If found guilty, the clammers face a $500 fine for each summons and a mandatory three-year suspension of their shellfish license and their depuration permits.
They are scheduled to appear in Atlantic Highlands municipal court on March 22.