June 1, 2016 — WAREHAM, Mass. — A Woburn resident was issued a criminal summons and had his boat, trailer and fishing gear seized by the state Sunday after environmental police found 209 sea bass over the legal limit in his boat in Wareham, said Major Patrick Moran of the Massachusetts Environmental Police.
That catch also included 122 undersized sea bass, Moran said. The legal possession limit of black sea bass for this vessel would have been 10 fish 15 inches or larger, Moran said.
Environmental police received a call from the Wareham harbormaster at about 4:30 p.m. to report a potential violation at Tempest Knob Boat Ramp, Moran said. When environmental police arrived, the boat in question, a 23-foot Striper, was being hauled out of the water by a truck with a trailer, he said.
Environmental police searched the boat and found eight coolers on the deck, Moran said. The boat had been fishing in Buzzards Bay.
With the assistance of the Wareham harbormaster environmental police sorted the sea bass from the scup, measured and counted all of the fish.