tracking devices placed on MD commercial fishing boats

www.wboc.com...

I'm told these devices were installed by the DNR (Department of Natural Resources) in order to track boat movements. Bay harvesting has limits on times/places work boats can operate.

i kind of agree with this

if you see just how scarce some fish are,,,, and the amount of overfishing that occurs,,,, i believe something major has to be done,,, if we want a sustainable source


also,,,, when i saw the story on how dwindling fish are,,, it also showed how many fish areas, are voluntarily setting up fish co-ops where each participant gets so many pounds of fish,,, and that through scarcity overall,,, they get a higher price and so thru less fishing they're actually making more money,,,, while protecting the resource

seems a win win

first, the DNR has not admitted they planted these tracking devices, though everyone I've talked to says it must be theirs.
if this was mandatory and openly done you might have a point, but it's frightening to think a government agency can track someone / install a tracking device, even a commercial fisher, without their knowledge/consent.
I'm sure if we started putting GPS trackers on Imams, or journalists, without them knowing, someone would object!!!
the local media (Baltimore Sun, which has regular outdoors/fishing features) is pretty much ignoring this, presumably I think because they are anti-fishing greenies. plus most of the watermen are on the Eastern Shore of the state, which votes Republican/conservative and it thus considered an ugly stepchild. then-governor Schaeffer referred to the Shore as an outhouse (I think he used the more rude term).

I'm really surprised this isn't attracting more attention.

if done in secret surely wrong,,, it should be open and transparent

however if some rogues were cheating and hurting others following rules,,,, then a sting wouldn't be out the question either

we need more info

Maryland DNR fesses up

www.cecilwhig.com...

but they're only targeting poachers, so that's ok! :-)

another little step for Big Brother