July 26, 2016 — Environmental Police confiscated 388 pounds of illegally caught striped bass with a market value of $2,400 Sunday from six commercial vessels in the southern Cape Cod Bay area, Major Patrick Moran of the Massachusetts Environmental Police said.
A patrol boat, two smaller boats and an undercover surveillance vessel saturated the commercial striped bass fleet after receiving numerous complaints, Moran said. Officers confiscated the striped bass along with fishing gear valued at $3,000 and issued about $1,000 in fines.