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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:44 pm Post subject: State officers crack down on fishing limits
State officers crack down on fishing limits
State officers are cracking down in Georgetown County on what they say are “dive boats,” moving into the area and catching over their limit of fish.
Officers Steve Pop and Chuck Beacham with the S.C. Department of Natural Resources said local fishermen have been reporting that boats from Florida and other states have been overfishing in locations from Murrells Inlet to Georgetown.
The officers began watching the vessels and have made recent charges in Georgetown for overfishing, Pop said.
One of the more recent citations happened Oct. 7, when the vessel the “Charlotte Marie” docked in Georgetown.
The captain, Brian Lloyd, of Florida, (exact address unknown) was charged with having 79 pounds over the limit of gag grouper, Pop said.
James Franklin, 39, of 535 Davis Street, Neptune Beach, Fla., one of the crew members, was charged with having undersized red grouper and undersized scamp, Beacham said.
A third crew member was not charged, he said.
The Charlotte Marie was also found to have at least one gag grouper that was under the size limit of 20 inches, Pop said.
Lloyd and Franklin posted bail of $400 each and at least 79 pounds of gag grouper were confiscated. The undersized fish were also confiscated, Beacham said.
Lloyd plead guilty to the charges of fishing over the limit, Beacham said.
Franklin has requested a jury trial on both of his charges, Beacham said.
The DNR is still actively investigating cases of overfishing or fishermen who catch fish that are too small.
“If the fish are too small, the fish haven’t had time to mature and spawn,” Beacham said. “That will be a chance of fish that won’t be reintroduced into the system.”
The gag grouper and scamp fish are carefully regulated to protect the population, Beacham said.
No more than 1,000 pounds of gag grouper can be caught during one fishing trip, Pop said.
The limit is 1,500 pounds per trip on vermillion snapper, he said.
Fishermen can catch no more than 120 red porgy per trip, he said.
This is crap,how are you honestly suppost to weigh each fish on a rolling vessel at sea,most of these fish average 18-20 lbs. if your off by a couple of pounds on your average it can really mess you up,they have a 10% overage on amberjack there should be the same provision on grouper.
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