Last years busts made the news too.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/201...ck-hall-harbor
From the article:
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Officers seized approximately 16,500 yards of illegally anchored gill (approximately 55 nets) and 3,200 pounds of rockfish during the last week and half of February...
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fyi: 16,500 yards = 9.375
miles of illegal nets last year
in the last week and a half of Feb 2010 alone!
Heck, Dont forget even last fall there were busts:
http://www.mssa.net/newsarticles/roc...Nov25_2010.pdf
DNR press release on the reward for the current theives:
http://www.dnr.maryland.gov/fisherie...ill-Net-Season