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South Carolina: Multiple people, businesses charged for illegal commercial fish harvest and sales
James Wooten of Bluffton, Dawson Loper of Bluffton, and David Festerman of Griffen, GA are each facing multiple charges for illegally harvesting and selling flounder, tripletail, sheepshead, and red drum. 42 fish were seized during the arrest. Restaurants buying the fish were also implicated. Chef Eric Seaglund at Hudson’s Seafood House in Hilton Head “was charged with one count of unlawful purchase of a saltwater fishery product, and one count each of possessing undersized tripletail and undersized flounder.” >click to read< 08:32
Georgia Fight over fish now awaits a signature
Times-Union/Jacksonville.com – ATLANTA | A small but determined effort is under way to convince Gov. Nathan Deal to veto legislation that would protect the red drum, or red fish, from commercial fishing. continued
Georgia legislators vote to put redfish off limits to commercial fishing
ATLANTA – The Georgia Senate voted to join South Carolina and Florida in protecting the popular red drum from commercial fishing by designating it as “game fish” only. continue reading