Once more the gobble-dee-gook of governemtnese has snared another victim.
via Yahoo News
via Yahoo News
Massachusetts fishing boat owner Carlos Rafael was elated recently when one of his trawlers snared an 881-pound tuna.
The Standard-Times of New Bedford reports (http://bit.ly/uczYap) the tuna was likely inadvertently snagged as Rafael's crew set a net to catch bottom-dwellers. Federal fishery enforcement agents seized the fish when the crew returned to port Nov. 12.
Rafael had tuna permits, but was told catching tuna with a net is illegal. They must instead be caught with rod and reel.
A fish that big is hugely valuable — a 754pound tuna recently sold for nearly $396,000.
Rafael's fish will be sold overseas. He will likely get a warning and no share of the proceeds if regulators find a violation.
Rafael might give up his tuna permits, saying they're apparently worthless.

It's not Norway or Europe anymore, except when there is welfare money to be collected. The police have largely given up. Early in 2010 