Poacher got busted today

[parishht]

Well, I guess it's back to the surf fishing for me.

Anyway, I was looking on the net for information and found this website:

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text....0.1.1.6.1.1.1



It seams that anyone could be written up for being in the EEZ waters with a
fishing rod on board, unless you have a permit to fish in the EEZ.
Any boat can get a permit.
So does that mean that the charters that go on tuna trips have the permits?

[garagenc]

You need a permit for tuna in NC whether you catch tuna inside or outside the 3 mi area (EEZ) but there is no permit in the EEZ for striper.

[Stillrunning]

Originally Posted by parishht

Well, I guess it's back to the surf fishing for me.

Anyway, I was looking on the net for information and found this website:

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text....0.1.1.6.1.1.1



It seams that anyone could be written up for being in the EEZ waters with a
fishing rod on board, unless you have a permit to fish in the EEZ.
Any boat can get a permit.
So does that mean that the charters that go on tuna trips have the permits?

Fishing itself is not illegal in the EEZ its the targeting of fish that have been giving the title of gamefish by the federal goverment for protection in most cases. We tog, flounder, spade fish all the time in the EZZ without any problems. The problem this time of year is that the stripers are running and 99.99% of the people are fishing for stripers. If you have stripers in your boat do not get caught with any line in the water in the EZZ as the CG will automatically assume they were caught in the EZZ. I have a hard time believing these charter captins getting caught and pleeding inocent because I have seen them knownly catch fish over the line. If they don't know they are over the line then maybe they should not be chartering boats. In this last case the CG said in the article I read that they watched the charter fish 4 miles from shore.

[THEFERMANATOR]

You know reading this thread brings one question to mind, Do we still live in a free country? I mean come on now, you have to have a permit to even catch a fish. Not just a fishing license to support your fishery, but a full on permit. This is getting carried away now.

[Stillrunning]

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

You know reading this thread brings one question to mind, Do we still live in a free country? I mean come on now, you have to have a permit to even catch a fish. Not just a fishing license to support your fishery, but a full on permit. This is getting carried away now.

In Virginia I do not think that you need any other permit over a fishing lic. We can purchase a boat lic. which is $38.00 for an entire year and cover anyone fishing from the boat and is good for me fishing anywhere in Va. There may be other permits but I'm not aware of any.

[parishht]

Free country?????
Nothing is free and you have to be a lawyer to read through all the gibberish.

[Stillrunning]

Originally Posted by parishht

Free country?????
Nothing is free and you have to be a lawyer to read through all the gibberish.

I have free checking!
I took a free fishing pole out of someones garbage can.

[randlemanboater]

I'd like a free trip to FLA to catch a Permit.

[garagenc]

Hey Still

You also need a permit for tuna in VA just like we do in Carolina.