Tuesday, August 19, 2008

illegal fish sales


3 men arrested for illegal fish sales

DEC charges two Syracuse brothers and a Rochester market owner.

Two Syracuse brothers and a Rochester fish market owner are facing thousands of dollars in fines and prison time for illegally selling and buying black crappies - fish that investigators say were caught on Oneida Lake.

A total of 1,185 fish were confiscated by state Department of Environmental Conservation officers: 86 were bluegills, 23 were pumpkinseeds and the balance, 1,076, were black crappies, which are commonly referred to as "strawberry bass" in the retail fish market. The total weight: 682 pounds....continue

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