Fishermen caught with 140 illegal filets in Middletown

MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Environmental Police fined a group of fishermen after they were caught with 140 filets of suspected black sea bass and tautog over the weekend.

In a social media post Wednesday, the Rhode Island Environmental Police Officers Association announced that an environmental officer on patrol spotted the group as they were returning to shore in Middletown…

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