Originally Posted By: parker
Originally Posted By: father of three
Update. Got a call from the officer this am. The only way he will release my pots is if I accept a ticket for poaching. Otherwise I have to wait until they go up at auction and buy them back.

I wasn't the one fishing with them.


Your Dad should buy you new pots.

Seems pretty straight forward to me.

Honestly, I'm failing to see what's wrong here, or how it's unjust in any ways.

You loaned your gear out to your Dad who basically was "poaching", according to the regulations. You are now paying the consequences.

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Whose name was labeled on the buoy? Your name or your father's name? We're you with him while using/setting/checking the pots? Sounds like it was your father using/setting/checking the pots. From page 141 of the regs:

"It is ILLEGAL to pull unattended shellfish gear with a buoy that does not have your name on it, and only one name and address may appear on each buoy. Any angler may assist the person whose name is on the buoy while he or she is pulling the pot."


If your father was the only person setting/pulling/checking the pots, this language in the regs doesn't seem like it will help you, if you want to challenge the poaching ticket.