just wrong!!!

[mike89]

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/six-people-convicted-for-poaching-shovelnose-sturgeon-from-mississippi-river

they did not not get charged enough!!! 

[glenn57]

Read that this morning too. I agree.

[LPS]

So they knew what they were doing.  I wonder how many times they did this?  I agree should have been much steeper fines.

[Jerkbiat]

I agree. Seems like a little slap on the wrist. Should be more.

[dakids]

Anybody find their names?  Must not have been white.

[Steve-o]

They were Ruskies!  (If figures, if caviar was involved.  )

The MN DNR identified the following people convicted:

Vladimiras Parsikovas (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Soma Miller (Mequon, Wis.)
Artyom Miller (Mequon, Wis.)
Sergej Jestrebov (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Pioter Miller (McKinney, Texas)
Viktor Parsikovas (Milwaukee, Wis.)

News release: Shovelnose sturgeon poaching case highlights cross-agency partnerships in effort to protect natural resources

[LPS]

Those are ruscy names.  Caviar is big over there of course.  They are not rookies. 

[glenn57]

the craziest part of that article was that these fish as slow as they grow maybe only spawn 3-4 times in there lifetime......thats crazy!!!!!

in some humans that is 3-4 times to many though!!!!

[Steve-o]

The story just made the Outdoor Life magazine website.  Now you have to worry about copy-catters finding out how lucrative poaching can be, which could lead to more illegal behavior.

Outdoor Life: Caviar Poaching Ring Busted for Illegally Killing More Than 250 Sturgeon

Shovelnose sturgeon roe sells for approximately $45 per ounce, making the freshwater fish an attractive target for poachers

In an unrelated note, I was fishing in a WI trout stream last night.  I saw a newly installed sign, but I could not read it.  I recognized Spanish and Asian words, but no English "translation".  I talked to the farmer before dark and turns out there were skads of Asians and Mexicans who'd come down and poach trout with a seining net.  He said the DNR must have caught 30 folks - and now they posted the signs.  I know game wardens hear it all the time.  "Me no understand."  "Me no speak English."  Yeah, right.    How about, "You no fish anymore." 

[tumhoefer]

Nowhere NEAR enough in fines to deter the same behavior in the future.
Make em pay

[Rodwork]

This is sad. Not much stopping people from doing it in the future since the fine is less than what they can make off poaching one sturgeon.

[Leech~~]

Hinting and fishing tiguts gor 2 years. Who cares they weren't following them anyway. Money and jail time! 

[LPS]

Did you dictate that to Boar to write for you Leech?