To: Howard Morrison
They certainly deserved a fine, but $16,000 is excessive. The forfeitures are just stealing.
All in all, the whole penalty is outrageous at about $500 per illegal fish.
23 posted on
06/11/2010 5:53:00 AM PDT by
Mister Da
(The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
To: Mister Da
All in all, the whole penalty is outrageous at about $500 per illegal fish.Agreed. The punishment FAR exceeds the damages of the crime. It's not like they robbed a bank or hurt anybody. It's fish, for cryin out loud.
26 posted on
06/11/2010 5:55:09 AM PDT by
meyer
(Big government is the enemy of freedom.)
To: Mister Da
Exactly. Stealing the boat is ridiculous.
To: Mister Da
They certainly deserved a fine, but $16,000 is excessive. The forfeitures are just stealing.Agreed.
71 posted on
06/11/2010 8:34:11 AM PDT by
DTogo
(High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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