Offshore Fishing Reports - I was hoping to fish the big Rock this year, BUT!!!! - We were going to fish the Big Rock out of Hatteras, but the boat did not make the trip from Wanchese to Hatteras. The boat (Water Witch) sank in less then 5 minutes. Here i
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Joined: Dec 15, 2004 Posts: 702 Location: MT.Olive
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:15 am Post subject: Captain Charlie Illegal Red Snapper Catch ( Fine)
NOAA SETS ASSESSMENT ON 909 RED SNAPPER CASE
Release Date: 07/03/2008
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States Department of Commerce, General Council for Enforcement and Litigation, Southeast Region, handed down a Notice of Violation Assessment (NOVA) on a red snapper case made on April 28, 2008.
The NOVA stemmed from the case made on the vessel Captain Charlie which was captained by David T. Harrelson, 52, of Lockport, Louisiana. The boat was chartered by one Florida and 17 Georgia fishermen.
The vessel Captain Charlie was found to have a total of 909 red snapper which were taken during closed season on board the vessel when boarded by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Agents working under a Joint Enforcement Agreement between NOAA and the State of Louisiana. The recreational red snapper season was not set to open until June 1, 2008, and the recreational limit during open season is two red snapper per person per day. In addition, 287 of the red snapper were under the minimum 16 inch size limit. None of the 18 non-resident fishermen possessed a Louisiana basic or saltwater license.
The NOVA issued was in the amount of $80,000, and a 210-day Notice of Permit Sanction (NOPS) for the violation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act regulations was issued to the owner and operator David T. Harrelson of Rebel Charter Services, LLC.
Also, a joint and several NOVAs in the amount of $45,450 was given to all of the fishermen aboard the vessel Captain Charlie. In addition, the owner, operator and all fishermen were issued a Notice of Proposed Forfeiture for the red snapper.
The following is a list of the Captain, deckhand, and fishermen:
David Harrelson, 52, Lockport, La., (Captain)
Donald R. Humphrey, 45, Golden Meadow, La., (Deckhand)
Artesza Portee, 35, Autell, Ga.
Glover Jefferson Jr., 69, Atlanta, Ga.
Walter Bailey Jr., 61, Atlanta, Ga.
Robert Kemp, 72, Atlanta, Ga.
James E. Williams, 65, Callaway, Fla.
Clyde E. Raiford, 68, Fayetteville, Ga.
Baxter R. Maddox, 67, Atlanta, Ga.
Leslie H. Durham, 45, Douglasville, Ga.
Cleveland B. Kemp Jr., 56, Conyers, Ga.
Harry Crosland, 67, Decatur, Ga.
Willie T. Epps, 72, College Park, Ga.
Lawrence Kendrick, 60, Atlanta, Ga.
Walter L. Gibson Jr., 38, Union City, Ga.
Warren R. Brownlee, 36, Palmetto, Ga.
Andrew R. Smith, 70, Decatur, Ga.
Kym D. Haywood, 44, Hapeville, Ga.
Charlie W. Patrick 68, Stone Mountain, Ga.
Earnest Sessoms, 79, Atlanta, Ga.
"We would like to commend our agents for doing an outstanding job in protecting our state and federal fisheries resources," said Colonel Winton Vidrine, Chief Law Enforcement Office for the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Joined: Mar 17, 2005 Posts: 404 Location: Chadbourn
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:42 am Post subject:
turned out to be a pretty expensive fishing trip for those guys, LOL. _________________ David Tedder
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Joined: May 25, 2007 Posts: 59 Location: Bolivia,NC
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:25 am Post subject:
Wonder what all those wives had to say about the final outcome of that little fishing trip... It's hard enough for me to justify a trip to the "boss lady" with gas at 4 bucks a gallon... idiots! _________________
Matthew 4:19-And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Joined: Feb 15, 2007 Posts: 1300 Location: Southport, NC
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject:
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Also, a joint and several NOVAs in the amount of $45,450 was given to all of the fishermen aboard the vessel Captain Charlie.
..Uuuuhhhh.. Is it some sortof Loooziana state law that if yer this screwed ya may as well be high too.?? d:^) Schneeky.. _________________ Communicate & Adapt Diggit.?
16' Landau Inshore Battle Wagon
Joined: May 22, 2008 Posts: 478 Location: Hampstead, N.C
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:17 am Post subject:
First to fish them out of season, than to catch wayy over the limit, than to not even have fishing licences, and theres pleny of other stuff... Are they dumb?! _________________ "Reelaxin"
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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:02 am Post subject: Re: Captain Charlie Illegal Red Snapper Catch ( Fine)
Back-Lash wrote:
"We would like to commend our agents for doing an outstanding job in protecting our state and federal fisheries resources," said Colonel Winton Vidrine, Chief Law Enforcement Office for the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
How is that protecting the resources? All I see is a huge fine and the confiscation of ALREADY DEAD fish. Protection to me is PREVENTION, kinda like a condom.I am glad they got tagged though. _________________ Make something idiot proof, and they build a better idiot
Joined: Jun 02, 2007 Posts: 15 Location: Wilmington NC
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:21 am Post subject:
I wonder what you have to do before they take your license. They should have confiscated his boat too. It's obvious he was disregarding the law entirely. _________________ "You do not cease to fish because you get old, You get old because you cease to fish!"
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Offshore Fishing Reports - I was hoping to fish the big Rock this year, BUT!!!! - We were going to fish the Big Rock out of Hatteras, but the boat did not make the trip from Wanchese to Hatteras. The boat (Water Witch) sank in less then 5 minutes. Here i
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Is it some sortof Loooziana state law that if yer this screwed ya may as well be high too.?? 
d:^) Schneeky..
