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When immigration and environmentalism and public health & safety collide........

GromsDad

GromsDad

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Jan 21, 2014
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West of the Atlantic. East of the ICW.
On Tuesday, July 16th, 2019, at 2130 hours, CPO Holmes received a call about illegal clamming in the Millstone River in Rocky Hill, Somerset County. The complainant observed multiple individuals load bags of clams into a vehicle with a New York registration on Monday, July 15th, and the same vehicle returned Tuesday evening. CPOs Holmes and Driscoll responded and conducted surveillance on the parked vehicle through the night. At 0400 hours, Wednesday, July 17th, 2019, two individuals came out of a wooded area with bags of clams. One individual went to the suspect vehicle, drove down the road with its headlights off, and parked near the woods, so the clams could be loaded quickly. CPOs Holmes and Driscoll were parked along the road and were able to observe the clams and clamming equipment being loaded into the back of the suspect vehicle. After the back of the vehicle was closed, CPO Holmes activated the emergency lights and approached the vehicle. Eight bags of freshwater clams weighing a total of 341.67 pounds were located in the back of the vehicle. Utilizing a sample of clams, the suspects were found to be in possession of an estimated 22,043 freshwater clams. CPO Holmes contacted the language line and an interpreter was used to translate for the suspects. CPO Holmes learned that the clams were being taken to a restaurant in Brooklyn, NY, but the suspects failed to provide a name or address of the business. The suspect vehicle was seized for possible forfeiture and the individuals were issued summonses for possessing wildlife for sale, unlawful possession of shellfish, harvesting clams from condemned waters, and clamming without a commercial clamming license.
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GromsDad

GromsDad

Duke status
Jan 21, 2014
54,623
16,494
113
West of the Atlantic. East of the ICW.
Immigrants, probably illegal. Poaching shellfish. Not just poaching but poaching from condemned waters meaning the people who eat the poached clams at the NY restaurant that's using them could get sick or even die. (Look up Listeria) Nice.
 
hal9000

hal9000

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Jan 30, 2016
56,134
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Urbana, Illinois
GromsDad said:
Immigrants, probably illegal. Poaching shellfish. Not just poaching but poaching from condemned waters meaning the people who eat the poached clams at the NY restaurant that's using them could get sick or even die. (Look up Listeria) Nice.
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How do we know they were immigrants and were illegal? Maybe they're native American and don't speak English. Maybe they're native English speakers and were pretending to not understand English. Maybe they're immigrants but have proper documentation.

Also, I thought you guys liked fewer regulations and less government overreach.
 
hammies

hammies

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Apr 8, 2006
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Locally grown, wild-caught, free-range, gluten-free clams. Probably go for a nice markup in the restaurant.
 
K

Kento

Duke status
Jan 11, 2002
68,906
21,268
113
The Bar
hammies said:
Locally grown, wild-caught, free-range, gluten-free clams. Probably go for a nice markup in the restaurant.
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I'm sure they filtered them in tubs of salt water and corn meal.

Many years ago in Oxnard, there was this plethora of butter/Pismo(?) clams. First day just getting out of the water, grabbed 15, then returned next day and got 166 (left just as fish and game pulled up), filtered out the sand and grit, and had a multi-day feast.

So damn good. Downside was that I can never order steamed clams in a restaurant again. Expensive and poorly prepared (even in decent quality restaurants) by comparison. Ruined me for life!
 
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