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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!)
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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.)
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To: Mister Da

Exactly. Stealing the boat is ridiculous.


34 posted on 06/11/2010 6:04:21 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote
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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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