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Local charter suspected of ‘high-grading’ prized halibut
Pacific Salmon Charters got an unexpected publicity boost earlier this month, when the crew of the Pacific Dream rescued passengers from a sunken boat. Last week, the company received not-so-welcome attention from state and federal game wardens. On Thursday, July 13, officers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife served a search warrant at the Pacific Salmon office at the Port of Ilwaco. According to the warrant, Pacific Salmon crews are suspected of habitually “high-grading,” or catching more than the legal limit of fish, and keeping only the most desirable specimens. Investigators say they have evidence that Pacific Salmon Charters crews high-graded on at least two trips during the short spring halibut season. click here to read the story 13:06
Police seek New Bedford fisherman after knife and hammer attack
Police are searching for a 42-year-old city man who hit a 28-year-old man with a hammer and stabbed him in the abdomen on Acushnet Avenue Wednesday morning, New Bedford Police Detective Lt. John Chaves said. A warrant is out for the arrest of , 42, with a last known address of 165 Hathaway St. Hudson is a fisherman, and Port Security was looking for the boat he works out of but the boat wasn’t in port, Chaves said. The warrant charges Hudson with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (knife), assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (hammer) and assault and battery. Read the article here 08:11
