A Virginia man has been charged with six counts of violating Maryland’s fishing regulations after he was caught with 625 undersized crabs as part of his harvest.
Daniel Mercado Mariano Jr., 40, of Tangier, was offloading his catch in Crisfield, Md. on July 5 when officers on patrol arrived to measure. All six bushels contained undersized crabs, which were seized and returned to Maryland state waters.
This is not Mariano’s first offense in Maryland. In 2012, he was found guilty in Somerset County District Court of possessing unmeasured oysters and was ordered to pay $550 in fines and court costs. He is scheduled to appear in the same court on Aug. 9.
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An Anne Arundel County man has been charged with 125 counts of wildlife violations following a year-long investigation into his hunting activities.
Charging documents say that last year a search of freezers, a shed and a cargo-style container at his former business found 134 sets of antlers with skull caps attached, untagged venison and turkey, several containers of deer tails and boundary signs belonging to the Department of Natural Resources. The current proprietor told police the out buildings still belonged to Warren.
Warren told officers the antlers were his and the result of 50 years of hunting. He later amended his remarks to say some of the antlers were given to him by friends.
State hunting records indicate that in the last 15 years, Warren checked in nine antlered deer, 25 antlerless deer and no turkeys or sika deer.
A hearing date in Anne Arundel County District Court has not been set.
How about some lifetime bans instead of slaps on the wrist?
ReplyDeleteI agree 11:36. Maybe its time to remove their licenses. No we just want to blame the farmers for all of the bays woes. The watermen would take the last crab and oyster out of the bay if they could.
ReplyDeleteIf this guy gets caught with undersized catches only every four years and pays a pittance of a fine, continuing his practice is cost effective for him and he'll probably keep doing it. Yet we can't have DNR at the dock waiting for him every day. What to do?
ReplyDeleteThis is all BS, this guy was just "careless", and didn't understand the law, or the measuring device. He should get a pass, after all, he didn't intend to do any harm.
ReplyDeleteThere's a difference in a waterman and a outlaw.. Same as good cops and bad ones.. As well as neighbors.. I guess if you have a drug dealer in your neighborhood all of you are bad. Come on make sense with the comments.
ReplyDeleteHere's the crab. Here's the measuring device. If it doesn't touch the crab on both sides, it's undersized and it gets thrown back. It's not hard.
ReplyDelete3:09 here's the law, here's how emails are secured, here's what is marked on a Classified email, it's not hard, but........
ReplyDeleteI lived in Florida for 12 years. $500 per undersized lobster, your boat if that's where we found it, and a search warrant for your house. If they are there as well, we own your house, too.
ReplyDeleteWant to try for some undersized lobster in Florida?
Hammer him! He is a thief.
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