Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on January 15, 2016, 12:51:38 PM
http://komonews.com/news/local/accused-crab-poachers-arrested-in-marysville
Post by: Fl0und3rz on January 15, 2016, 01:11:39 PM
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on January 15, 2016, 01:13:30 PM
Post by: Rainier10 on January 15, 2016, 01:18:54 PM
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on January 15, 2016, 01:36:51 PM
Post by: bobcat on January 15, 2016, 01:45:34 PM
Post by: Rainier10 on January 15, 2016, 01:54:42 PM
It's too bad they don't prosecute Indians for poaching deer and elk like they do for poaching shellfish.Uh, there is a big difference between deer, elk and shellfish you know. Nobody cares about deer and elk, there is no commercial value. Just read Operation Cody. :chuckle: I think in the book Cenci was quoted as saying "Nobody gives a ______ about deer and elk."
I am with you for sure, just as frustrated as you are. :bash:
Post by: bobcat on January 15, 2016, 01:56:38 PM
Post by: Rainier10 on January 15, 2016, 02:05:14 PM
Yes, I know. I read Operation Cody and that's how I know, even when they have evidence of deer and elk poaching by Indians, they won't do a thing about it.:tup: I thought you had, that was more for those that haven't. It is a great/sickening read for sure and he didn't really touch on the tribal side of it all.
Were those 1000 crabs even of the legal size? How many limits of crab was that? And how much could they increase the limits if these guys weren't raping the bay?
Post by: spikehunter on January 15, 2016, 04:00:37 PM
Post by: h20hunter on January 15, 2016, 04:02:06 PM
Post by: Ccortez on January 15, 2016, 05:26:21 PM
Nice to see that the Tulalip tribal enforcement officer was also arrested for poaching. Makes you wonder just how big this problem is.
Can you show me where it says the officer was arrested? All the officers they have are all still working...
Post by: Buckmark on January 15, 2016, 05:52:38 PM
He was referring to this, not an officer. Arrested in Aug 2015Nice to see that the Tulalip tribal enforcement officer was also arrested for poaching. Makes you wonder just how big this problem is.
Can you show me where it says the officer was arrested? All the officers they have are all still working...
Joseph Hatch Sr, the director of the Tulalip Tribes' Fish & Wildlife unit.
http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/tulalip-tribe-fish-and-wildlife-director-arrested-/nnFxq/
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on January 16, 2016, 01:18:28 PM
Nice to see that the Tulalip tribal enforcement officer was also arrested for poaching. Makes you wonder just how big this problem is.
Can you show me where it says the officer was arrested? All the officers they have are all still working...
Sure can. The last paragraph.........
"The man whose job it was to oversee the Tulalip tribes fishery was arrested in August. Joe Hatch and his son were charged in tribal court with poaching and trafficking shellfish."
Post by: Ccortez on January 16, 2016, 05:59:58 PM
Nice to see that the Tulalip tribal enforcement officer was also arrested for poaching. Makes you wonder just how big this problem is.
Can you show me where it says the officer was arrested? All the officers they have are all still working...
Sure can. The last paragraph.........
"The man whose job it was to oversee the Tulalip tribes fishery was arrested in August. Joe Hatch and his son were charged in tribal court with poaching and trafficking shellfish."
Yet in that paragraph it says nothing about a enforcement officer.......
Joe Hatch was a director that set regs not a enforcement officer
Post by: ohopluke on January 21, 2016, 04:27:01 PM
Post by: MLBowhunting on January 21, 2016, 05:01:39 PM
Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on January 22, 2016, 12:39:21 PM
I am waiting to hear what the sentence will be. Pay some fines, big but probably not earth shaking. Lose their license for 2 or 3 years, which won't stop people like that anyway. And why watch a thousand crab come out of the water before arresting? That sounds crazy.
Why wait? To build an airtight case and to see who else is involved. The buyers drive the market. Good to find out who the fences are.