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On May 3, with much improved sea conditions, the crew of the Sandusky and NRP officers were able to retrieve 1400 yards of anchored gill net which contained approximately 450 striped bass weighing 6,750 pounds.
6750 pounds is nothing. This is the latest bust. 200,000 pounds


Last updated: Friday, August 1, 2014, 9:16 PM

Two Maryland fishermen admitted Friday to illegally harvesting nearly 200,000 pounds of striped bass from the Chesapeake Bay and selling the haul to seafood wholesalers.
Michael Hayden, 41, and William Lednum, 42, both of Tilghman Island, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiring to violate the Lacey Act, which prohibits the trafficking of illegally caught fish.
"These defendants admitted to systematically plundering the Chesapeake Bay of an important and protected natural resource, and at the expense of the many honest fishermen who play by the rules," Acting Assistant Attorney General Sam Hirsch, of the Justice Department?s Environment and Natural Resources Division, said in a statement.


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