New Bedford Guide Your Guide to New Bedford and South Coast, MA
“Massachusetts Environmental Police found an individual in Swansea with 250-pounds of live horseshoe crab in their vessel.
Further investigation found that the individual did not possess a valid permit or letter of acknowledgment to catch horseshoe crabs. The individual was charged for commercially fishing without a permit and for numerous safety violations.
All crabs were found to be alive and were safely returned to the waters of the Commonwealth.”-Massachusetts Environmental Police.
