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Dear Sir,

It had been drawn to my attention that either someone, or some people have taken it upon themselves to disregard the laws pertaining to the protection of fish that have been added to our endangered species list. In this case I'm speaking about the Grouper or commonly known as Rockfish. There was recently discover by a local part-time fisherman; while out searching for his boat, (that was missing from its moorings) did through fate stumble upon an area (obviously secluded) used by a person or people, who'd quickly filleted (he'd counted 35 racks of various sizes) Rockfish/Groupers...

  To see this, my friend told me he'd been "teed off" to put it mildly. By law a person is permitted to only extract one Grouper/Rockfish from the waters per day. Yet, because of the hastily manner they'd been cut-up and lay visible, the racks lay at the bottom of an enclosure off of Boaz Island; just beyond the fuelling station, but on the Sound side, is where this graveyard had been discovered.

    I contacted the Marine Police to bring this to their attention, so whomever may be doing this form of poaching, they now can think twice before venturing back into that shady business.

Raymond Ray

St. George's[[In-content Ad]]

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