Breaking News: DEC Investigation Disrupts Mother's Day Stroll

Apparently there were some undercover enforcement officials, posing as average fishermen, aboard the Sea Wolf fishing boat this morning when it set sail. By afternoon, when the boat was coming into the bay, strollers enjoying the gorgeous Mother’s Day weather were surprised by what appeared to be not just an investigation, but a Dateline episode chronicling this fish tale.

New limits set just recently on the number and size of fish that can be pulled out of the waters are currently being challenged, because of the hardship it places on the local Sheepshead Bay recreational fishing industry.

Stay tuned to Sheepshead Bites for news about this incident as it breaks. Readers who witnessed any of the activities on Emmons Avenue, this afternoon, and have any information or photographs are invited to send them in.

Here is an excerpt of the news as we received it from the SB/PB:

Approximately 10 DEC Enforcement cars pulled up to the Sheepshead Bay Piers on Mother’s Day to summons two fishermen who allegedly kept fish under the federally-regulated size limit, or “shorts”, after a day of fishing on the Sea Wolf.  The coordinated raid, called in by undercover officers on board the Sea Wolf, resulted in summonses for two anglers wiho allegedly caught a total of two illegal fish.  DEC Enforcement were accompanied by a cameraman from DateLine NBC, who claims that it will be airing a segment about the raid on next Sunday’s edition.  No one from the general public or the fishing community was interviewed.