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R.I. Environmental Management Dept. Announces $9000 Penalty Against Striped Bass Poacher in Exclusive Economic Zone
August 18, 2022
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 18 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release:

The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that Administrative Law Judge Christine D. Coughlin assessed a $9,000 penalty upon William McLaughlin, III for possessing striped bass in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off Block Island, R.I.

The case originated from a joint enforcement patrol conducted by the DEM&# . . .

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